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Cicero Word Add-in Development Guide

Cicero Word Add-in Specific Information

Development Setup

Prerequisites

  1. Operating System: Windows or MacOSX
  2. MS Word (preferably desktop version)
  3. Node JS (preferably v12 as it is the latest LTS)

Setup Instructions

  1. Clone the project using HTTPS or SSH.

    $ git clone https://github.com/accordproject/cicero-word-add-in.git

  2. Setup the project by running the command

     npm run setup

    It will install the dependencies and set up the git hooks.

    Alternatively, one can also use npm i to install the depedencies and npm run prepare to setup the git hooks.

  3. Firing up the server diverge a little depending upon the OS you're using.

    1. On Windows: Run npm start and it will start the server and automatically sideload the the add-in on the desktop version of MS Word.
    2. On MacOSX: Run npm run dev-server for starting the server and run npm start to sideload the add-in.

  4. To test your add-in on the web, run npm run start:web and this will start the server. You can then sideload the add-in on the web version of MS Word by following the steps given here.

  5. Once the add-in is successfully loaded, the icon for add-in will be displayed on the Home tab. Go there and click the button with name "Cicero Word Add-in".

  6. For more information on setting up Word add-in for development, follow this documentation.

Debugging Add-in: Method 1

  1. Web version: Open the browser's developer tools and see the console's output.

  2. Desktop version

    • Windows: Download the developer tool separately. Once you are able to start the server and sideload the add-in, you will see "Accord Project" as an option in the tool. edge developer tool
    • Mac:
      1. Open a terminal and run the following 4 commands (this is a one-time setup step).
      defaults write com.microsoft.Word OfficeWebAddinDeveloperExtras -bool true
defaults write com.microsoft.Excel OfficeWebAddinDeveloperExtras -bool true
defaults write com.microsoft.Powerpoint OfficeWebAddinDeveloperExtras -bool true
defaults write com.microsoft.Outlook OfficeWebAddinDeveloperExtras -bool true
      1. Sideload your add-in and open it in Word for Mac.
      2. Right click inside your add-in and choose "Inspect Element".
      3. The Safari Web Inspector console will automatically open, where you can debug the add-in the same way you would debug a web app. (ie. use the Console tab to view printed logs and errors, the Element tab to inspect the HTML and CSS, the Network tab for network calls, etc).

Debugging Add-in: Method 2

If the above method to debug the add-in is not working, one can try the following steps:

  1. Delete the C:\Users\{username}\.office-addin-dev-certs folder.
  2. Run npx office-addin-dev-certs install.
  3. Now, run npm run start to start-up the server and sideload the add-in.
  4. Click on Add-in to open it.
  5. Instead of attaching the debugger from add-in, open VS Code and click on Run and Debug( shortcut key on Windows: Ctrl+Shift+D ). Click on the green arrow in top left corner that says Start Debugging. The debugger is now running. Open the debug console. Happy debugging :).

❗ Accord Project Development Guide ❗

We'd love for you to help develop improvements to Cicero Word Add-in! Please refer to the Accord Project Development guidelines we'd like you to follow.