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Office Add-in commands

Summary

Office Add-in commands enable developers to extend the Office user interface such as the Office Ribbon to create awesome, efficient add-ins. These samples show you how to use add-in commands in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint add-ins.

Here's how the samples look when running:

Excel

Screenshot showing the sample's show task pane button and a dropdown menu on the ribbon.

Word

Screenshot showing the sample's show task pane button and a dropdown menu on the ribbon.

PowerPoint

Screenshot showing the sample's show task pane button and a dropdown menu on the ribbon.

Applies to

  • Excel, Word, and PowerPoint on Windows, Mac, and in a browser.

Prerequisites

  • Microsoft 365 - Get a free developer sandbox that provides a renewable 90-day Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription.

Run a sample

There are three samples for Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Go to the folder of the sample you want to run and follow the instructions in the readme file there to sideload and run the sample.

Documentation

Questions and feedback

  • Did you experience any problems with the sample? Create an issue and we'll help you out.
  • We'd love to get your feedback about this sample. Go to our Office samples survey to give feedback and suggest improvements.
  • For general questions about developing Office Add-ins, go to Microsoft Q&A using the office-js-dev tag.

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