L21s PowerPoint-AddIn

Set up Locally

To start the AddIn locally, Node.js and npm must be installed. An activated version of PowerPoint is also required.

To prepare the project for the first execution, the following two commands must be executed one after the other:

npm install

npm run build:dev

After the project has been successfully built, the following command starts the AddIn.

npm run start:desktop

A new PowerPoint instance should be started at startup. After a few moments, the version of the AddIn can be seen in this instance. This is reflected as follows. If an installation of the AddIn already exists, the icon on the right-hand side is the locally started one.

While the code is being edited, the AddIn should be continuously updated (HotReload) so that the DevServer does not have to be restarted. As soon as the local instance is no longer required, it can be terminated with the following command:

npm run stop

Debugging

After running the following command, the developer console is available with right click into the add-in window and selecting element information.
defaults write com.microsoft.Powerpoint OfficeWebAddinDeveloperExtras -bool true

⚠️ Mac App Store builds of Office do not support the OfficeWebAddinDeveloperExtras flag.

Helpful links

PowerPoint Api-Documentation Office AddIn Scripts Office AddIn Samples

Info: Microsoft Azure Client Authentication

Microsoft Auth-Documentation