Office 365 add-ins lets you create consumer and enterprise experiences running within supported Office 2013 applications by using the power of the web and standard web technologies like HTML5, XML, CSS3, JavaScript, and REST APIs. An app for Office is basically a webpage that is hosted inside an Office client application. Use this tag when referring to Office 365 add-ins only.
Office 365 add-ins lets you create consumer and enterprise experiences running within supported Office 2013 applications by using the power of the web and standard web technologies like HTML5, XML, CSS3, and JavaScript.
An Office add-in is basically a webpage that is hosted inside an Office client application. You can use apps to extend the functionality of a document, email message, meeting request, or appointment. Add-ins can run in multiple environments and clients, including rich Office desktop clients, Office Web Apps, mobile browsers, and also on-premises and in the cloud.
This document provides a quick overview of the Add-ins for Office platform, how an app works inside of an Office application, and how you publish an add-in to the Office Store or to an onsite catalog for consumers to use.
There are several types of add-ins available:
- Task pane add-ins
- Content add-ins
- Mail add-ins (Please also use outlook-web-addins)
Supported applications:
Application | Task pane | Content | Mail _______________________________________________ Excel 2013 | • | • | Excel Web App | • | • | Word 2013 | • | | Outlook 2013 | | | • Outlook Web App | | | • PowerPoint 2013 | • | | Project Pro 2013 | • | |
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