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Outlook add‑in: NAA token‑acquisition code breaks add‑in in Outlook 2019 even when not executed

I have an Outlook add‑in that needs to support two distinct authentication flows: Nested App Auth (NAA) via MSAL.js on modern clients (Office 365 Desktop, Outlook Web, Outlook mobile, etc.) Auth Code flow on Outlook 2019 (which uses an IE11‑based…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-05-16T12:07:01.15+00:00
Diluka Hewage 56 Reputation points
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Security warning when opening document with URI Schema ms-word

Hello, In a web application, documents are opened using the ms-word protocol. The files are located on a local network drive and opened with a url of the following form: <a href="ms-word:file://server/path/document.docx">Edit…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,004 questions
asked 2023-03-03T10:41:41.2133333+00:00
shp 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-05-15T17:53:19.84+00:00
TROB 0 Reputation points
4 answers

Microsoft Todo "Open in Outlook" Link Inactive/Broken Across Different Platforms

When adding an email task to Todo from Outlook via copy or Flagged Email, that task has a link to open the original email in Outlook. The link functions different depending on where you click it. Expected Behavior (has been working the last year): …

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,771 questions
Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
4,504 questions
Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2024-09-10T13:57:16.9866667+00:00
King Lau 60 Reputation points
commented 2025-05-15T13:17:01.8466667+00:00
Sarah P 0 Reputation points
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0x800AC472 Exception happens when operating excel by interop COM

I build an asp.net website on windows server. One function of it is generating a report from an excel template. The version of Office is Office 2021. But when the function is executing, 0x800AC472 Exception always happens. The detail of the function is…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-05-15T01:28:06.0266667+00:00
Gao, JunHu 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-05-15T01:29:21.41+00:00
Gao, JunHu 0 Reputation points
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Why exactly am I getting : This document may contain..." in my MS word document?

Hi, I am using an xsl fo converted to convert xsl to docx document and everytime I add table of contents in the xsl, the generated document gives the message " This document contains fields that may refer to other files. Do you want to update the…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-05-13T18:10:42.5933333+00:00
Narayanan Kaplingat 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-05-14T15:57:26.18+00:00
Vincent Moses 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Excel Automate not Loading (stuck on loading screen once pressing code)

Hi all, I have been using automate on excel for the last 6 months as I have a repetitive task I use on excel, this usually allows me to download the date to excel, press automate and it all actions accordingly so I can save and move on. I'm using it for…

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
2,176 questions
Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2024-09-25T17:34:30.5066667+00:00
hannah wakeford 5 Reputation points
answered 2025-05-14T11:11:23.9166667+00:00
Michael Vreuls 0 Reputation points
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How do I use Folder.GetOwner as I'm not getting that method and from where.

I'm using Microsoft.Office.Interop with version 15.0.4569 but still not able to use Folder.GetOwner can you pls help me / Suggest me which version of Interop library to use to have this fuctionality. And we are using nuget Manager but can you pls help…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-05-14T06:31:55.13+00:00
karthik manjunath 0 Reputation points
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Office Plugin - Unable to display custom alert message for OnMessageSend

Hello, I'm currently developing an Office plugin for Outlook using the OnMessageSend and SmartAlerts events that will perform a few simple checks before the email is being sent. I'm able to display custom alerts on the taskpane but i would love to be…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2023-01-29T21:35:42.5433333+00:00
Bruno Ferreira 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-05-12T20:56:23.7666667+00:00
Ali Awan 0 Reputation points
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can't set ChartType to XlChartType.xlBoxwhisker using excel interop.

I’m trying to create a Boxwhisker plot using the Excel interop. I get the error that the ChartType Value does not fall within the expected range. The Boxwhisker plot is only available in Excel V16. I make sure the version returned is 16.0. I’m able to…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-05-09T14:01:22.03+00:00
Nicolas Crouzet 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-05-09T14:04:08.5233333+00:00
Nicolas Crouzet 0 Reputation points
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Excel Automate Office Scripts not working

I've been using Office Scripts in Excel to automate some tasking. Yesterday, I tried to add a new script and it gives me the following error. Oops, something went wrong An unexpected error occurred. Click 'Refresh' button to retry. I also tried 'Record…

Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
2,176 questions
Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-02-04T03:59:58.1666667+00:00
H4941 155 Reputation points
answered 2025-05-07T15:40:21.35+00:00
Gary Gleeson 0 Reputation points
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Office 365 Apps Displaying Blank Content for Files

The Office 365 apps on the desktop for a client are showing blank screens for PowerPoint, Word, and Excel files, as shown in the attached image. The files have been set to open with the correct applications, but the issue persists. Online and full…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-05-07T02:56:56.11+00:00
Nisk 30 Reputation points
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How to get the Last scanned User report for Visual Studio?

Hi All, Are there any possibilities to get the last logged in details of users report in the Visual Studio Subscription? Thanks!

Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams
A Microsoft customizable chat-based workspace.
10,894 questions
Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-01-27T09:24:18.4666667+00:00
Saranya S 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-05-06T11:05:21.12+00:00
VarunTha 14,105 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Skype for Business Persistent Chat Lag After Upgrading to Office 2024 LTSC

Hi everyone, We're currently using Skype for Business 2015 with Persistent Chat. Everything was working fine when we were on Office 2016. However, after upgrading to Office 2024 LTSC, we started experiencing significant lag in Persistent Chat. The issue…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-04-17T12:45:54.4133333+00:00
Povilas 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-05-06T04:01:33.64+00:00
Povilas 10 Reputation points
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excel vba activateworkbook.save changes date format

I'm running a macro that creates a blank workbook using Workbook.Add and saves it in a specified location as a CSV (FileFormat:=xlCSV). It then copies data from another workbook into this sheet with formatting (Paste:=xlPasteValuesAndNumberFormats). Then…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-03-13T07:42:16.75+00:00
02773401 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-05-02T09:05:35.36+00:00
02773401 0 Reputation points
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Are there printable study guides

Where can I access printable study guides for the information that I will be learning in each course?

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-05-01T17:00:28.8766667+00:00
Anita Watson 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-05-01T19:48:15.0633333+00:00
John Korchok 6,111 Reputation points
1 answer

With office.js, can Microsoft please consider allowing dialog boxes opened via displayDialogAsync to exclude the title bar with url?

When a user opens a dialog box vis displayDialogAsync in an Office Web Add-In, the browser interface shows the url in the title bar. This url is unknown to the user in a task pane. Is there a way to hide the title bar?

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-04-30T19:28:54.26+00:00
apierce9 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-05-01T13:01:55.98+00:00
Deep Joshi 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Ways to use a script to deploy an Outlook add-in with unified manifest?

I have an Outlook add-in that uses a unified manifest, and I want to deploy it to just my organization or my customers' organizations (so I don't want to put it in AppSource). Also, I'd like to be able to do this with a script. How can I do this? It…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-04-29T18:36:33.78+00:00
Buck I 16 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-30T07:56:02.0033333+00:00
Daniel Rifton 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Is Microsoft 365 based on a current version of Office? Do users have to have any other version of Office installed to use Microsoft 365?

I use a book publisher's programs (i.e. McGraw Hill Simnet & Cengage MindTap) for online classes at the college level. The publishers keep asking me to upgrade to newer versions of Office. If we're using Microsoft 365, isn't that the neest version…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
asked 2025-04-25T16:29:01.2233333+00:00
Kovacich,Judith 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-26T00:28:02.1733333+00:00
John Korchok 6,111 Reputation points
1 answer

How to obtain an access token for microsoft Graph API in an outlook Add-In using Federated credentials

Hi Microsoft Team, I am developing a React.js-based Outlook Add-In and for that I have been setting up a federated credential using GitHub Actions as the external Identity Provider (IdP) for an application in Microsoft Entra ID. What additional steps are…

Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,918 questions
Outlook
Outlook
A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.
4,504 questions
Microsoft Graph
Microsoft Graph
A Microsoft programmability model that exposes REST APIs and client libraries to access data on Microsoft 365 services.
13,590 questions
Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
5,906 questions
asked 2025-01-14T14:56:18.14+00:00
Suraj Sinha 10 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-25T08:57:10.0066667+00:00
D K 0 Reputation points
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Cannot Insert Excel in Word with Office 365

When adding an Excel object in Word, it fails and returns the following error: The program used to create this object is Excel. That program is either not installed on your computer or it is not responding. To edit this object, install Excel or ensure…

Office Development
Office Development
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.
4,354 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,004 questions
asked 2021-03-14T09:08:16.097+00:00
Quentin Styger 16 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-24T09:06:33.8533333+00:00
Shaina Gupta 0 Reputation points