
Manifest and related files for an Office Add-in Taskpane add-in supporting single-sign-on
Task Pane add-in with Excel Custom Functions Task Pane add-in using the React framework Task Pane add-in using the Angular framework Install yo (Yeoman) and generator-office globally using NPM. When the installation completes, restart your console (or if you are using Windows, restart your machine) to ensure you use the updated system environment variables. For developers on Mac, we recommend using Node Version Manager to install Node.js with the right permissions. Important: If this is the first time you're using Yeoman or installing a Yeoman generator, first install Git and Node.js (version 8.0.0 or later).
The Yeoman generator can create add-ins for Excel, OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, Word, Excel Custom Functions, whereas Visual Studio can only create add-ins for Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.įor detailed information about using the Yeoman generator to create Office Add-ins, see any of the 5-minute quick starts in the Office Add-ins documentation. The Yeoman generator can create Office Add-ins projects that use TypeScript, whereas Visual Studio cannot. The Yeoman generator can create Office Add-in projects that use plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript, or React, or Angular, whereas Visual Studio can only create Office Add-in projects that use plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript. Note: While you can also use Visual Studio to create Office Add-in projects, the Yeoman generator provides more options in terms of the types of projects you can create. You can choose to create Office Add-in projects using plain HTML, CSS & JavaScript, or using Angular or React, and can choose between JavaScript and Typescript as well. Like other Yeoman generators, this generator simply creates the scaffolding of files for your Office Add-in project. You can use it to create Office Add-ins for: This Yeoman generator creates a Node.js Office Add-in project that can be managed with Visual Studio Code or any other editor.
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