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What's new in Word JavaScript API 1.5

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WordApi 1.5 added support for footnotes, endnotes, content control events, and style management.

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The following table lists the APIs in Word JavaScript API requirement set 1.5. To view API reference documentation for all APIs supported by Word JavaScript API requirement set 1.5 or earlier, see Word APIs in requirement set 1.5 or earlier.

Class Fields Description
Application retrieveStylesFromBase64(base64File: string) Parse styles from template Base64 file and return JSON format of retrieved styles as a string.
Body endnotes Gets the collection of endnotes in the body.
footnotes Gets the collection of footnotes in the body.
getContentControls(options?: Word.ContentControlOptions) Gets the currently supported content controls in the body.
ContentControl endnotes Gets the collection of endnotes in the content control.
footnotes Gets the collection of footnotes in the content control.
getContentControls(options?: Word.ContentControlOptions) Gets the currently supported child content controls in this content control.
onDataChanged Occurs when data within the content control are changed.
onDeleted Occurs when the content control is deleted.
onEntered Occurs when the content control is entered.
onExited Occurs when the content control is exited, for example, when the cursor leaves the content control.
onSelectionChanged Occurs when selection within the content control is changed.
ContentControlAddedEventArgs eventType The event type.
ids Gets the content control IDs.
source The source of the event.
ContentControlCollection getByChangeTrackingStates(changeTrackingStates: Word.ChangeTrackingState[]) Gets the content controls that have the specified tracking state.
ContentControlDataChangedEventArgs eventType The event type.
ids Gets the content control IDs.
source The source of the event.
ContentControlDeletedEventArgs eventType The event type.
ids Gets the content control IDs.
source The source of the event.
ContentControlEnteredEventArgs eventType The event type.
ids Gets the content control IDs.
source The source of the event.
ContentControlExitedEventArgs eventType The event type.
ids Gets the content control IDs.
source The source of the event.
ContentControlOptions types An array of content control types, item must be 'RichText', 'PlainText', 'CheckBox', 'DropDownList', or 'ComboBox'.
ContentControlSelectionChangedEventArgs eventType The event type.
ids Gets the content control IDs.
source The source of the event.
Document addStyle(name: string, type: Word.StyleType) Adds a style into the document by name and type.
close(closeBehavior?: Word.CloseBehavior) Closes the current document.
getContentControls(options?: Word.ContentControlOptions) Gets the currently supported content controls in the document.
getEndnoteBody() Gets the document's endnotes in a single body.
getFootnoteBody() Gets the document's footnotes in a single body.
getStyles() Gets a StyleCollection object that represents the whole style set of the document.
insertFileFromBase64(base64File: string, insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation.replace | Word.InsertLocation.start | Word.InsertLocation.end | "Replace" | "Start" | "End", insertFileOptions?: Word.InsertFileOptions) Inserts a document into the target document at a specific location with additional properties.
onContentControlAdded Occurs when a content control is added.
Field data Specifies data in an "Addin" field.
delete() Deletes the field.
kind Gets the field's kind.
locked Specifies whether the field is locked.
select(selectionMode?: Word.SelectionMode) Selects the field.
type Gets the field's type.
updateResult() Updates the field.
FieldCollection getByTypes(types: Word.FieldType[]) Gets the Field object collection including the specified types of fields.
InsertFileOptions importChangeTrackingMode Represents whether the change tracking mode status from the source document should be imported.
importPageColor Represents whether the page color and other background information from the source document should be imported.
importParagraphSpacing Represents whether the paragraph spacing from the source document should be imported.
importStyles Represents whether the styles from the source document should be imported.
importTheme Represents whether the theme from the source document should be imported.
NoteItem body Represents the body object of the note item.
delete() Deletes the note item.
getNext() Gets the next note item of the same type.
getNextOrNullObject() Gets the next note item of the same type.
reference Represents a footnote or endnote reference in the main document.
type Represents the note item type: footnote or endnote.
NoteItemCollection getFirst() Gets the first note item in this collection.
getFirstOrNullObject() Gets the first note item in this collection.
items Gets the loaded child items in this collection.
Paragraph endnotes Gets the collection of endnotes in the paragraph.
footnotes Gets the collection of footnotes in the paragraph.
getContentControls(options?: Word.ContentControlOptions) Gets the currently supported content controls in the paragraph.
ParagraphFormat alignment Specifies the alignment for the specified paragraphs.
firstLineIndent Specifies the value (in points) for a first line or hanging indent.
keepTogether Specifies whether all lines in the specified paragraphs remain on the same page when Microsoft Word repaginates the document.
keepWithNext Specifies whether the specified paragraph remains on the same page as the paragraph that follows it when Microsoft Word repaginates the document.
leftIndent Specifies the left indent.
lineSpacing Specifies the line spacing (in points) for the specified paragraphs.
lineUnitAfter Specifies the amount of spacing (in gridlines) after the specified paragraphs.
lineUnitBefore Specifies the amount of spacing (in gridlines) before the specified paragraphs.
mirrorIndents Specifies whether left and right indents are the same width.
outlineLevel Specifies the outline level for the specified paragraphs.
rightIndent Specifies the right indent (in points) for the specified paragraphs.
spaceAfter Specifies the amount of spacing (in points) after the specified paragraph or text column.
spaceBefore Specifies the spacing (in points) before the specified paragraphs.
widowControl Specifies whether the first and last lines in the specified paragraph remain on the same page as the rest of the paragraph when Microsoft Word repaginates the document.
Range endnotes Gets the collection of endnotes in the range.
footnotes Gets the collection of footnotes in the range.
getContentControls(options?: Word.ContentControlOptions) Gets the currently supported content controls in the range.
insertEndnote(insertText?: string) Inserts an endnote.
insertField(insertLocation: Word.InsertLocation | "Replace" | "Start" | "End" | "Before" | "After", fieldType?: Word.FieldType, text?: string, removeFormatting?: boolean) Inserts a field at the specified location.
insertFootnote(insertText?: string) Inserts a footnote.
Style baseStyle Specifies the name of an existing style to use as the base formatting of another style.
builtIn Gets whether the specified style is a built-in style.
delete() Deletes the style.
font Gets a font object that represents the character formatting of the specified style.
inUse Gets whether the specified style is a built-in style that has been modified or applied in the document or a new style that has been created in the document.
linked Gets whether a style is a linked style that can be used for both paragraph and character formatting.
nameLocal Gets the name of a style in the language of the user.
nextParagraphStyle Specifies the name of the style to be applied automatically to a new paragraph that is inserted after a paragraph formatted with the specified style.
paragraphFormat Gets a ParagraphFormat object that represents the paragraph settings for the specified style.
priority Specifies the priority.
quickStyle Specifies whether the style corresponds to an available quick style.
type Gets the style type.
unhideWhenUsed Specifies whether the specified style is made visible as a recommended style in the Styles and in the Styles task pane in Microsoft Word after it's used in the document.
visibility Specifies whether the specified style is visible as a recommended style in the Styles gallery and in the Styles task pane.
StyleCollection getByName(name: string) Get the style object by its name.
getByNameOrNullObject(name: string) If the corresponding style doesn't exist, then this method returns an object with its isNullObject property set to true.
getCount() Gets the number of the styles in the collection.
getItem(index: number) Gets a style object by its index in the collection.
items Gets the loaded child items in this collection.
Table endnotes Gets the collection of endnotes in the table.
footnotes Gets the collection of footnotes in the table.
TableRow endnotes Gets the collection of endnotes in the table row.
footnotes Gets the collection of footnotes in the table row.

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