Shows how to get paragraph text, including hidden text and text marked for deletion.
This sample demonstrates how to get paragraph text, including hidden text and text marked for deletion.
- How to hide selected text (only available on Windows):
Open the **Font** dialog (e.g., right-click the text then select Font from the context menu).
- Turn on the **Hidden** checkbox.
- Choose **OK**.
- How to Track changes in
Word.
async function run() {
await Word.run(async (context) => {
const paragraph: Word.Paragraph = context.document.getSelection().paragraphs.getFirst();
const text = paragraph.getText();
const textIncludingHidden = paragraph.getText({ IncludeHiddenText: true });
const textIncludingDeleted = paragraph.getText({ IncludeTextMarkedAsDeleted: true });
await context.sync();
console.log("Text:- " + text.value, "Including hidden text:- " + textIncludingHidden.value, "Including text marked as deleted:- " + textIncludingDeleted.value);
});
}
async function setup() {
await Word.run(async (context) => {
const body: Word.Body = context.document.body;
body.clear();
body.insertParagraph(
"Do you want to create a solution that extends the functionality of Word? You can use the Office Add-ins platform to extend Word clients running on the web, on a Windows desktop, or on a Mac.",
"Start"
);
body.insertParagraph(
"Use add-in commands to extend the Word UI and launch task panes that run JavaScript that interacts with the content in a Word document. Any code that you can run in a browser can run in a Word add-in. Add-ins that interact with content in a Word document create requests to act on Word objects and synchronize object state.",
"End"
);
});
}
// Default helper for invoking an action and handling errors.
async function tryCatch(callback) {
try {
await callback();
} catch (error) {
// Note: In a production add-in, you'd want to notify the user through your add-in's UI.
console.error(error);
}
}