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Enable editing in your document. Word for Microsoft 365 Word 2019 Word 2016 Word 2013 Word 2010 More. If you receive or open a document and can't make any. Choose View→Sidebar→Reviewing Pane. Choose the Sidebar button on the Standard Toolbar, and then choose Reviewing Pane. Click the Review Pane button in the Changes group of the Review tab. You would normally display either Balloons or the Reviewing pane, unless you have a really big screen.
Because add-ins are developed using HTML and JavaScript, they are designed to work across platforms, but there might be subtle differences in how different browsers render the HTML. This article describes how to debug add-ins running on a Mac.
If you have add-in that shows UI in a task pane or in a content add-in, you can debug an Office Add-in using Safari Web Inspector.
To be able to debug Office Add-ins on Mac, you must have Mac OS High Sierra AND Mac Office version 16.9.1 (build 18012504) or later. If you don't have an Office Mac build, you can get one by joining the Microsoft 365 developer program.
To start, open a terminal and set the OfficeWebAddinDeveloperExtras
property for the relevant Office application as follows:
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
Important
Mac App Store builds of Office do not support the OfficeWebAddinDeveloperExtras
flag.
Then, open the Office application and sideload your add-in. Right-click the add-in and you should see an Inspect Element option in the context menu. Select that option and it will pop the Inspector, where you can set breakpoints and debug your add-in.
Note
If you're trying to use the inspector and the dialog flickers, update Office to the latest version. If that doesn't resolve the flickering, try the following workaround:
Add-ins are often cached in Office for Mac, for performance reasons. Normally, the cache is cleared by reloading the add-in. If more than one add-in exists in the same document, the process of automatically clearing the cache on reload might not be reliable.
You can clear the cache by using the personality menu of any task pane add-in.
Choose the personality menu. Then choose Clear Web Cache.
Note
You must run macOS version 10.13.6 or later to see the personality menu.
You can also clear the cache manually by deleting the contents of the ~/Library/Containers/com.Microsoft.OsfWebHost/Data/
folder.
Note
If that folder doesn't exist, check for the following folders and if found, delete the contents of the folder:
~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.{host}/Data/Library/Caches/
where {host}
is the Office application (e.g., Excel
)~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.{host}/Data/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/16.0/Wef/
where {host}
is the Office application (e.g., Excel
)~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2/Data/Caches/com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2/
~/Library/Containers/com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2/Data/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.Office365ServiceV2/
Great news, Mac users! You can now add Grammarly to Microsoft Word! That means you can see and apply Grammarly’s suggestions for making your writing stronger and clearer without leaving the document you’re working on.
Grammarly for Microsoft Word has been available for some time, but until now, it was only compatible with the Windows version of Word. We heard loud and clear that you needed a Mac version, so we’ve been hard at work to make that happen. And if you’re a fan of Word Online, we’re happy to tell you that Grammarly now works there, too!
Grammarly for Microsoft Word is designed to fit into your writing process. As you write your document, Grammarly’s comprehensive writing feedback will appear on the right side of the page. You’ll see suggestions for making your writing clearer, improving your word choice, and polishing your writing in all kinds of exciting ways—absolutely no copying and pasting required.
Ready to give it a try? Download Grammarly for Microsoft Word on your Mac or your PC today. Installation is fast, simple, and free. Take it for a spin, and don’t forget to let us know what you think!