Shows basic and advanced search capabilities.
This sample demonstrates basic and advanced search capabilities of the API.
async function basicSearch() {
// Does a basic text search and highlights matches in the document.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
const results : Word.RangeCollection = context.document.body.search("extend");
results.load("length");
await context.sync();
// Let's traverse the search results and highlight matches.
for (let i = 0; i < results.items.length; i++) {
results.items[i].font.highlightColor = "yellow";
}
await context.sync();
});
}
async function wildcardSearch() {
// Does a wildcard search and highlights matches in the document.
await Word.run(async (context) => {
// Construct a wildcard expression and set matchWildcards to true in order to use wildcards.
const results : Word.RangeCollection = context.document.body.search("$*.[0-9][0-9]", { matchWildcards: true });
results.load("length");
await context.sync();
// Let's traverse the search results and highlight matches.
for (let i = 0; i < results.items.length; i++) {
results.items[i].font.highlightColor = "red";
results.items[i].font.color = "white";
}
await context.sync();
});
}
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.paragraphs
.getLast()
.insertText(
"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.",
"Replace"
);
await context.sync();
});
}
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);
}
}