The WordMeister

A few days ago I encountered a question on Stack Overflow about using tabs to align content in a Word document. The required result was something like this:

I started looking at the Word JS API documentation and realized there is nothing in that object model for inserting tabs or defining tab stops. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most useful methods for debugging VBA is Debug.Print, to see what variables contain or what a statement returns. JavaScript has a similar capability: console.log();. Read the rest of this entry »

The most recent post in this series introduced the concept of loading properties from the Word object before being able to work with them. The line of code in question is range.load("text"); from the Basic API snippet for Script Lab. This article goes into that concept in more depth. Read the rest of this entry »

Currently, the list of underline types in the Office JS documentation is incomplete when compared with the list offered by IntelliSense (as seen in Script Lab). Read the rest of this entry »

My previous post on getting started with Script Lab and the Office JS APIs for Word looked at some similarities between the COM and Word JS API object models, based on the Script Lab Basic API call sample. This time, I’ll highlight the core part of the sample code that differs from working with COM/VBA. Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re curious about the Office JS API application object models and want to get acquainted you can do so without any investment other than time. All you need is a Microsoft account and Office 365 / Office 2016 installed on your machine (Windows or Mac) or access to Office Online. Then you can install Script Lab. Read the rest of this entry »

Mostly, I work with Word and that’s what this blog is usually about. But I do program inter-Office with Excel, PowerPoint and Access, when the need arises. Of those, PowerPoint is my least favorite – I find the object model impenetrable and always have to ask questions of my colleagues in the PowerPoint forum…

One of the projects that’s kept me busy the last few weeks is a VSTO add-in for PowerPoint. Simply formulated, it’s a tool to assist in drawing diagrams for Western trail patterns. I want it to work in versions 2007, 2010 and 2013, which it does, with a notable exception in 2013. Read the rest of this entry »