office-add-in-requirement-sets.md

title	Office Common API requirement sets
description	Learn more about the Office Common API requirement sets.
ms.date	10/10/2025
ms.topic	overview
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Office Common API requirement sets

Requirement sets are named groups of API members. Office Add-ins use requirement sets specified in the manifest or use a runtime check to determine whether an Office application supports APIs that an add-in needs. For more information, see Office versions and requirement sets.

Tip

Looking for the application-specific API requirement sets? See the following API requirement sets.

• Excel JavaScript API requirement sets (ExcelApi)
• Word JavaScript API requirement sets (WordApi)
• OneNote JavaScript API requirement sets (OneNoteApi)
• PowerPoint JavaScript API requirement sets (PowerPointApi)
• Understanding Outlook API requirement sets (Mailbox)

Common API requirement sets

The following sections list the Common API requirement sets, the methods in each set, and the Office client applications that support that requirement set. All of these API requirement sets are version 1.1, unless otherwise specified.

Tip

Need information about where add-ins and requirement sets are supported by Office application and version? See Office client application and platform availability for Office Add-ins.

ActiveView

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad	Document.getActiveViewAsync

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AddInCommands

See Add-in command requirement sets.

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BindingEvents

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Binding.addHandlerAsync Binding.removeHandlerAsync

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CompressedFile

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Supports output to Office Open XML (OOXML) format as a byte array (Office.FileType.Compressed) when using the Document.getFileAsync method.

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ContextMenuApi

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Context Menu API requirement sets.	Office.contextMenu.requestUpdate

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CustomXmlParts

Minimum Office application support

Methods in set

Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad

CustomXmlNode.getNodesAsync CustomXmlNode.getNodeValueAsync CustomXmlNode.getTextAsync CustomXmlNode.getXmlAsync CustomXmlNode.setNodeValueAsync CustomXmlNode.setTextAsync CustomXmlNode.setXmlAsync CustomXmlPart.addHandlerAsync CustomXmlPart.deleteAsync CustomXmlPart.getNodesAsync CustomXmlPart.getXmlAsync CustomXmlPart.removeHandlerAsync CustomXmlParts.addAsync CustomXmlParts.getByIdAsync CustomXmlParts.getByNamespaceAsync CustomXmlPrefixMappings.addNamespaceAsync CustomXmlPrefixMappings.getNamespaceAsync CustomXmlPrefixMappings.getPrefixAsync

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DevicePermissionService

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Device Permission Service requirement sets.	DevicePermission.requestPermissions DevicePermission.requestPermissionsAsync

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DialogApi

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Dialog API requirement sets.	UI.messageParent UI.displayDialogAsync UI.closeContainer UI.Dialog

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DialogOrigin

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Dialog Origin requirement sets.	Cross-domain support for: UI.messageParent UI.Dialog.messageChild

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DocumentEvents

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad OneNote on the web PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Document.addHandlerAsync Document.removeHandlerAsync

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File

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Document.getFileAsync File.closeAsync File.getSliceAsync

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HtmlCoercion

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
OneNote on the web Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Supports coercion to HTML (Office.CoercionType.Html) when reading and writing data using the Document.getSelectedDataAsync, Document.setSelectedDataAsync, Binding.getDataAsync, or Binding.setDataAsync methods.

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IdentityAPI

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Identity API requirement sets.	Auth.getAccessToken

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ImageCoercion

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Image Coercion requirement sets.	Document.setSelectedDataAsync

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KeyboardShortcuts

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Keyboard Shortcuts requirement sets.	Office.actions.areShortcutsInUse Office.actions.getShortcuts Office.actions.replaceShortcuts

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Mailbox

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Outlook on the web new Outlook on Windows classic Outlook on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Outlook on Android Outlook on Mac Outlook on iOS	See Understanding Outlook API requirement sets.

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MatrixBindings

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Bindings.addFromNamedItemAsync Bindings.addFromSelectionAsync Bindings.getAllAsync Bindings.getByIdAsync Bindings.releaseByIdAsync Binding.getDataAsync Binding.setDataAsync

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MatrixCoercion

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Supports coercion to the "matrix" (array of arrays) data structure (Office.CoercionType.Matrix) when reading and writing data using the Document.getSelectedDataAsync, Document.setSelectedDataAsync, Binding.getDataAsync, or Binding.setDataAsync methods.

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NestedAppAuth

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Nested app auth requirement sets.	Office.auth.getAuthContext

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OoxmlCoercion

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Supports coercion to Open Office XML (OOXML) format (Office.CoercionType.Ooxml) when reading and writing data using the Document.getSelectedDataAsync, Document.setSelectedDataAsync, Binding.getDataAsync, or Binding.setDataAsync methods.

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OpenBrowserWindowApi

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Open Browser Window API requirement sets.	Office.context.ui.openBrowserWindow

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PdfFile

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Supports output to PDF format (Office.FileType.Pdf) when using the Document.getFileAsync method.

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RibbonApi

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Ribbon API requirement sets.	Office.ribbon.requestUpdate

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Selection

Minimum Office application support

Methods in set

Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Project on Windows volume-licensed perpetual Office 2016 Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad

Document.getSelectedDataAsync Document.setSelectedDataAsync

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Settings

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad OneNote on the web PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Settings.get Settings.remove Settings.saveAsync Settings.set

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SharedRuntime

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Shared runtime requirement sets.	Office.addin.getStartupBehavior Office.addin.hide Office.addin.onVisibilityModeChanged Office.addin.setStartupBehavior Office.addin.showAsTaskpane Office.BeforeDocumentCloseNotification.disable Office.BeforeDocumentCloseNotification.enable Office.BeforeDocumentCloseNotification.onCloseActionCancelled

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TableBindings

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Bindings.addFromNamedItemAsync Bindings.addFromSelectionAsync Bindings.getAllAsync Bindings.getByIdAsync Bindings.releaseByIdAsync Binding.addColumnsAsync Binding.addRowsAsync Binding.deleteAllDataValuesAsync Binding.getDataAsync Binding.setDataAsync

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TableCoercion

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Supports coercion to the "table" data structure (Office.CoercionType.Table) when reading and writing data using the Document.getSelectedDataAsync, Document.setSelectedDataAsync, Binding.getDataAsync, or Binding.setDataAsync methods.

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TaskPaneApi

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
See Task Pane API requirement sets.	TaskPane.setWidth

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TextBindings

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Bindings.addFromNamedItemAsync Bindings.addFromSelectionAsync Bindings.getAllAsync Bindings.getByIdAsync Bindings.releaseByIdAsync Binding.getDataAsync Binding.setDataAsync

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TextCoercion

Minimum Office application support

Methods in set

Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on iPad OneNote on the web PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Project on Windows volume-licensed perpetual Office 2016 Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad

Supports coercion to text format (Office.CoercionType.Text) when reading and writing data using the Document.getSelectedDataAsync, Document.setSelectedDataAsync, Binding.getDataAsync, or Binding.setDataAsync methods.

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TextFile

Minimum Office application support	Methods in set
Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad	Supports output to text format (Office.FileType.Text) when using the Document.getFileAsync method.

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Methods that aren't part of a requirement set

The following methods in the Office JavaScript API aren't part of a requirement set. If your add-in requires any of these methods, use the <Methods> and <Method> elements in the add-in's manifest to declare that they are required, or perform the runtime check using an if statement. For more information, see Specify Office applications and API requirements.

Method name	Minimum Office application support
Bindings.addFromPromptAsync	Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad
Document.getFilePropertiesAsync	Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad
Document.getProjectFieldAsync	Project Standard 2016 Project Professional 2016
Document.getResourceFieldAsync	Project Standard 2016 Project Professional 2016
Document.getSelectedResourceAsync	Project Standard 2016 Project Professional 2016
Document.getSelectedTaskAsync	Project Standard 2016 Project Professional 2016
Document.getSelectedViewAsync	Project Standard 2016 Project Professional 2016
Document.getTaskAsync	Project Standard 2016 Project Professional 2016
Document.getTaskFieldAsync	Project Standard 2016 Project Professional 2016
Document.goToByIdAsync	Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on Mac PowerPoint on iPad Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on Mac Word on iPad
Settings.addHandlerAsync	Excel on the web
Settings.refreshAsync	Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 PowerPoint on the web PowerPoint on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Word on the web Word on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016
Settings.removeHandlerAsync	Excel on the web
TableBinding.clearFormatsAsync	Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad
TableBinding.setFormatsAsync	Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad
TableBinding.setTableOptionsAsync	Excel on the web Excel on Windows Microsoft 365 subscription perpetual Office 2016 Excel on Mac Excel on iPad

See also

• Office versions and requirement sets
• Specify Office applications and API requirements
• Office Add-ins manifest