Word.Document class

Gets the body object of the main document. The body is the text that excludes headers, footers, footnotes, textboxes, etc.

readonly body: Word.Body;

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[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Gets the collection of content control objects in the document. This includes content controls in the body of the document, headers, footers, textboxes, etc.

readonly contentControls: Word.ContentControlCollection;

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[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

The request context associated with the object. This connects the add-in's process to the Office host application's process.

context: RequestContext;

Property Value

Indicates whether the changes in the document have been saved. A value of true indicates that the document hasn't changed since it was saved.

readonly saved: boolean;

Property Value

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Gets the collection of section objects in the document.

readonly sections: Word.SectionCollection;

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[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Gets the current selection of the document. Multiple selections aren't supported.

getSelection(): Word.Range;

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
    
    const textSample = 'This is an example of the insert text method. This is a method ' + 
        'which allows users to insert text into a selection. It can insert text into a ' +
        'relative location or it can overwrite the current selection. Since the ' +
        'getSelection method returns a range object, look up the range object documentation ' +
        'for everything you can do with a selection.';
    
    // Create a range proxy object for the current selection.
    const range = context.document.getSelection();
    
    // Queue a command to insert text at the end of the selection.
    range.insertText(textSample, Word.InsertLocation.end);
    
    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands, 
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    console.log('Inserted the text at the end of the selection.');
});  

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(options?: Word.Interfaces.DocumentLoadOptions): Word.Document;

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Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
    
    // Create a proxy object for the document.
    const thisDocument = context.document;
    
    // Queue a command to load content control properties.
    thisDocument.load('contentControls/id, contentControls/text, contentControls/tag');
    
    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands, 
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
    if (thisDocument.contentControls.items.length !== 0) {
        for (let i = 0; i < thisDocument.contentControls.items.length; i++) {
            console.log(thisDocument.contentControls.items[i].id);
            console.log(thisDocument.contentControls.items[i].text);
            console.log(thisDocument.contentControls.items[i].tag);
        }
    } else {
        console.log('No content controls in this document.');
    }
});

Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNames?: string | string[]): Word.Document;

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Queues up a command to load the specified properties of the object. You must call context.sync() before reading the properties.

load(propertyNamesAndPaths?: {
            select?: string;
            expand?: string;
        }): Word.Document;

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Returns

Saves the document.

save(saveBehavior?: Word.SaveBehavior, fileName?: string): void;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Note: The saveBehavior and fileName parameters were introduced in WordApi 1.5.

Examples

// Run a batch operation against the Word object model.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
    
    // Create a proxy object for the document.
    const thisDocument = context.document;

    // Queue a command to load the document save state (on the saved property).
    thisDocument.load('saved');    
    
    // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands, 
    // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
    await context.sync();
        
    if (thisDocument.saved === false) {
        // Queue a command to save this document.
        thisDocument.save();
        
        // Synchronize the document state by executing the queued commands, 
        // and return a promise to indicate task completion.
        await context.sync();
        console.log('Saved the document');
    } else {
        console.log('The document has not changed since the last save.');
    }
});

// Link to full sample: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OfficeDev/office-js-snippets/prod/samples/word/50-document/save-close.yaml

// Saves the document with default behavior
// for current state of the document.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
  context.document.save();
  await context.sync();
});

Saves the document.

save(saveBehaviorString?: "Save" | "Prompt", fileName?: string): void;

Parameters

Returns

Remarks

[ API set: WordApi 1.1 ]

Note: The saveBehavior and fileName parameters were introduced in WordApi 1.5.

Sets multiple properties of an object at the same time. You can pass either a plain object with the appropriate properties, or another API object of the same type.

set(properties: Interfaces.DocumentUpdateData, options?: OfficeExtension.UpdateOptions): void;

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Sets multiple properties on the object at the same time, based on an existing loaded object.

set(properties: Word.Document): void;

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Overrides the JavaScript toJSON() method in order to provide more useful output when an API object is passed to JSON.stringify(). (JSON.stringify, in turn, calls the toJSON method of the object that's passed to it.) Whereas the original Word.Document object is an API object, the toJSON method returns a plain JavaScript object (typed as Word.Interfaces.DocumentData) that contains shallow copies of any loaded child properties from the original object.

toJSON(): Word.Interfaces.DocumentData;

Returns

Track the object for automatic adjustment based on surrounding changes in the document. This call is a shorthand for context.trackedObjects.add(thisObject). If you're using this object across .sync calls and outside the sequential execution of a ".run" batch, and get an "InvalidObjectPath" error when setting a property or invoking a method on the object, you need to add the object to the tracked object collection when the object was first created. If this object is part of a collection, you should also track the parent collection.

track(): Word.Document;

Returns

Release the memory associated with this object, if it has previously been tracked. This call is shorthand for context.trackedObjects.remove(thisObject). Having many tracked objects slows down the host application, so please remember to free any objects you add, once you're done using them. You'll need to call context.sync() before the memory release takes effect.

untrack(): Word.Document;

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