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Changes in Export to PDF with sensitivity labeling and encryption in Office Add-ins

July 27, 2022 Jul 27, 2022 07/27/22

Chris Dietsch

Office is shipping a new feature that enables PDFs created from Office using Export to PDF or Save As PDF to retain the source document’s labels or encryption into the output PDF. Office also enables Office Add-in developers to hook into and reuse some or all of Office’s PDF creation code.

Announcing changes to Office Add-ins’ ExecuteFunction commands

May 10, 2022 May 10, 2022 05/10/22

Office Add-ins team

To improve security in Office Add-ins, we are changing how you create ExecuteFunction add-in commands.

Office Add-in Development Community (PnP) – November 2020 update

December 11, 2020 Dec 11, 2020 12/11/20

Office Add-ins team

We've published a new Office Add-ins PnP sample showing how to set up a basic Excel add-in project that utilizes keyboard shortcuts.

Outlook add-ins and optional connected experiences

October 9, 2020 Oct 9, 2020 10/9/20

Office Add-ins team

We want to share an important update regarding how Outlook add-ins behave when the optional connected experiences privacy setting is turned off.

Announcing WebView2 for Office Add-ins Platform – Preview

August 12, 2020 Aug 12, 2020 08/12/20

Office Add-ins team

We're excited to announce that we're taking the next steps in evolving the web viewer control used by the Office Add-ins platform for add-ins running on Windows.

Announcing General Availability of Single Sign-On (SSO) for Office Add-ins

August 5, 2020 Aug 5, 2020 08/5/20

Office Add-ins team

We are excited to announce that the single sign-on (SSO) functionality for Office Add-ins is moving to General Availability with version 2008. This authentication service allows an add-in to automatically and securely sign in a user after being granted consent, providing a more convenient experience by reducing the number of times they are requested to sign in. SSO works with both work and school accounts as well as Microsoft accounts.

Updated content recommendations on your Microsoft 365 Developer Program dashboard

July 8, 2020 Jul 8, 2020 07/8/20

Office Add-ins team

We’ve made the content in the Microsoft 365 Developer Program dashboard better. By combining data science with your selected preferences, we’ve updated the dashboard to help you get started quickly with your preferred products and technologies.

Power up with Office Add-ins @ Build 2020

May 19, 2020 May 19, 2020 05/19/20

Office Add-ins team

We’re excited to announce new capabilities that let you create your own custom experiences in Microsoft 365, and enable your users to achieve more in the Office products they already use every day: Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Microsoft 365 developer Learn Paths – localized

April 27, 2020 Apr 27, 2020 04/27/20

Office Add-ins team

Have you completed the Microsoft 365 Learn Paths? Up your skill level with our 6 Learn paths, and now localized in three languages.

Office Add-in Development Community (PnP) – March 2020 update

March 27, 2020 Mar 27, 2020 03/27/20

Office Add-ins team

This months Office Add-ins PnP updates include how to use a shared library to migrate your Visual Studio Tools for Office Add-in to an Office web add-in, manage ribbon and task pane UI, and run code on doc open and share global data with a shared runtime

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