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Need guidance on testing Word add-in project in Visual Studio
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I'm currently working on my first Word task pane add-in project following the instructions provided in the Microsoft documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/quickstarts/word-quickstart?tabs=visualstudio
I'm using Visual Studio as my development tool.
I encountered an issue while trying to connect my Word application to my Visual Studio project. Since I don't have the Word application downloaded, I'm testing it online. However, I'm unable to see the 'Show Taskpane' button in my online Word application.
One thing I noticed is that the documentation mentions "The plugin will be hosted locally on IIS". I added a new application pool in IIS using the new web project I created and set the SourceLocation to my Home.html. Is there something else I need to set?
Another thing I am concerned about is that I want to test my add-in in Office 365 which has a different domain than my local IIS. I don't want to publish my add-in before testing it. Is that possible to do so?
Thanks for the helping!
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Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
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Rick Kirkham 261 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2024-05-14T18:09:51.87+00:00 You shouldn't need to do anything with IIS and Visual Studio creates the manifest for you. As I understand it, when you press F5, Word opens and you don't see the Show Taskpane button on the ribbon. Please go to Debug an add-in project in Microsoft 365 on the web and followt the guidance there.
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