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Creating apps for Excel, Word and PowerPointRolando JimenezLead Program Manager

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Server-side LogicAny language

APP Provider-hosted

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Apps for Office - Recap

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App ManifestWeb Page<XML>HTML/CSS/JS

• 3 Shapes

• Multi-platform & Cross AppExcel (Web / Desktop) Outlook (Web / Desktop / Mobile Web) Word (Desktop) PowerPoint (Desktop) Project (Desktop)

• Javascript API• Run-time Sandbox

Apps for Office - Recap

• Cross Platform• Designed from the ground up, Abstraction, Async

• Cross App• Common objects and methods across apps (selection, tables, settings)

• Compatibility• Office Version to Version

• Web Standards• ECMAScript 5 E.g. Property get/set, strict mode; Plain JS objects

• Performance• Async, limits

Principles

Office Javascript API Overview

Document

Office.context

CustomXmlParts

Bindings

Settings

R/W Selection

Mailbox

Properties & Settings

User Profile

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Tasks

Project Info

Demos

Custom XML Parts

Custom XML Parts

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Word file structure

Custom XML Parts in Office documentsIntroduced with Office 2007, documents can store islands of XML data, called a custom XML part within a document file.

The TimeSummary document shown on the left contains a custom XML part containing time and billing data.

Content Control Binding to parts

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Word file structure

Word Content ControlsIntroduced with Office 2007, content controls act as containers for specific kinds of content. Content controls can be mapped to nodes within a custom XML part.

New Repeating Section content controlA Repeating Section content control provides the capability to bind to a collection of nodes.

Content Controls mapped to custom XML part

• Operations apps can perform• Add/delete custom XML parts• Get XML parts• Get/set node values• Event handlers for node deleted, inserted, or replaces

• Core objects for working with custom XML parts• CustomXmlPart• CustomXmlParts• CustomXmlNode• CustomXmlPrefixMappings

Office.js support for CustomXmlParts

Custom Xml Parts Demo

Connecting to SharePoint

Functional Areas vs. App Support SummaryFunctional area Word Excel/Excel WAC PowerPoint Outlook/OWA Project

Get/Set data as text, table, matrix

Settings

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Html and OOXML

Mailbox

http://dev.office.com

Dev Resources

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