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value mess for textDirection in sectPr for traditional Mongolian

I want to set w:textDirection element in w:sectPr for traditional Mongolian. I mean the direction, that is vert="mongolianVert" for text in shapes. Problems are: For value "lrV" the description in section 17.18.93…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-08-15T14:57:35.307+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
answered 2022-09-09T22:28:25.32+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,516 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Borders appearing when it seems like they shouldn't

Hello, I have a question about why the borders are being drawn in the attached word file. The table has borders set and you can see this in the document.xml: However, every single cell in the document.xml has borders specified to be none: …

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-08-31T20:19:30.797+00:00
Connor Shore 186 Reputation points
accepted 2022-09-07T16:46:25.377+00:00
Connor Shore 186 Reputation points
2 answers

Textbox sizing in word and open xml don't appear to match

Hello, I have a question about the text box positioning and its correlation to the openxml for the textbox. This template consist of a textbox within a group shape. When I click on the outer group shape and inspect its sizing, we can see that its…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-08-26T21:03:59.493+00:00
Connor Shore 186 Reputation points
commented 2022-09-06T19:27:18.127+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Word (.doc) Binary File Format query regarding preserving continuous list numbering across lists with different sprmPIlfo values

I have a query regarding Word (.doc) Binary File Format specification and numbered lists. I have noticed that some software that can read Word docs, including Antiword and WV, get the numbering on this document…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-07-27T11:03:29.82+00:00
JFK555 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-08-11T22:41:10.27+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,516 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers

Excel Number format not same as in styles.xml when workbook is opened.

Excel workbook is generated using aspose cells. Generated workbook's styles.xml appears correct. However when the excel workbook is opened, the number format is no longer what it shows in styles.xml. For example - in this case I would like to have…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
Excel Management
Excel Management
Excel: A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,683 questions
asked 2022-07-27T23:54:45.25+00:00
R D 6 Reputation points
commented 2022-08-04T21:43:19.663+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Word ignores the 'rot' attribute of <bodyPr> element ?

If I set a value to the 'rot' attribute in <bodyPr> element in a shape in Word, that is ignored. But it is evaluated in PowerPoint. When I then copy the shape from PowerPoint to Word or the other way round, the text in the shape looks different in…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-07-12T15:11:05.137+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
answered 2022-08-01T17:04:01.183+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Actual rendering of WedgeRectCallout is different from definition in preset

Hi all, Draw a WedgeRectCallout in PowerPoint and drag the handle to inside the rectangle. You see a full rectangle. Save the presentation. Open the package and exchange the prstGeom with the corresponding custGeom from presetShapeDefinitions.xml…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-07-15T13:31:54.46+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
accepted 2022-07-30T15:39:44.893+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is 'rot' attribute in 'txXfrm' autogenerated in a SmartArt?

I have tried to manually set the 'rot' attribute in <dsp:txXfrm> element in <dsp:sp> element in a drawing.xml part of SmartArt. I had no success. It is correct, that the value is autogenerated on opening from the relevant <dgm:shape> in…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-07-03T18:18:12.52+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
accepted 2022-07-12T14:49:21.83+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
1 answer

Open XML OLE embedding question

I have an OLE server and I am embedding it in Visio. When Visio is saved as vsdm file, I like my part to be also in xml (compressed) so when the file is unzipped, emmbeddings will show as xml file. I know if I embed Excel in Visio (or other way…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,680 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
Visio Management
Visio Management
Visio: A family of Microsoft products used to create diagrams and vector graphics.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
250 questions
asked 2022-03-16T22:59:13.9+00:00
Has 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-05-16T23:03:08.417+00:00
Tom Jebo 1,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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View and edit office files like ppt, excel etc with in my web application

Hi, In our web application, we used to store all the files in azure blob storage and the requirement is like view and edit those uploaded files within our website. For view I saw one solution with like…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-05-03T05:40:07.353+00:00
Nagendra Babu Lakide 6 Reputation points
commented 2022-05-03T17:23:17.3+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,516 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to show contents/ rows in pptx table based of given height?Is this fessible?

word-full.jpg contains a table in word without any height set word-heightset.jpg shows view of a partial table when some height set. Requirement of showing partial table can be acheived using below <w:trPr> <w:trHeight…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,680 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
PowerPoint Management
PowerPoint Management
PowerPoint: A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
223 questions
asked 2022-03-31T09:35:38.063+00:00
Ravi Kiran Rimmanapudi 21 Reputation points
commented 2022-04-08T09:21:17.08+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

WordML extent differs from extent values shown within Word

Hello, Right now I'm having an issue figuring out where the correct extent value for a textbox is stored. In the word document, for the textbox that contains the text "Standard", you will notice it has a height of 0.21" and a width of…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-03-31T21:31:56.057+00:00
Connor Shore 186 Reputation points
commented 2022-04-01T20:04:23.363+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Office Online Server secure authentication

Hello Team, We have Office Online Server that's connected to our own custom WOPI Host for service Office docs. We are trying to use Office Online Server in our in an iframe that's working perfectly. Our website uses cookie based authentication and…

JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
923 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,680 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-03-23T21:30:48.1+00:00
Varun Arora 6 Reputation points
answered 2022-03-26T18:38:54.637+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to get distance of view point to xy-plane for given fov angle in <a:camera>

Hi, The camera in OOXML (20.1.5.5) has an attribute fov, which is an angle. How is the distance of projection center to xy-plane calculated? From my experiments I get distance = number / tan(fov/2). Is that correct? The part 1/tan(fov/2) is as…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-03-12T18:38:28.97+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
commented 2022-03-24T19:03:03.893+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

What is KeyLightOffset and FillLightOffset?

The current [MS-OI29500] "Office Implementation Information for ISO/IEC 29500 Standards Support" has got a table in 2.1.1319 Part 1 Section 20.1.10.30, ST_LightRigType (Light Rig Type). This table has the columns "KeyLightOffset"…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-02-18T13:59:08.843+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
commented 2022-02-24T18:34:52.99+00:00
Tom Jebo 1,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

Logging for Office 365 when acting as WebDav client

We have integrated Office 365 with our application using the WebDev protocol. The user clicks on a file in our application, the file opens in their locally installed Office 365, and the user's changes are saved back to the file stored in our…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-01-05T12:54:38.827+00:00
Kate Glickman 1 Reputation point
commented 2022-02-11T17:49:58.403+00:00
Hung-Chun Yu 976 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Need information on SharePoint Metadata fields

Hi all, I'm needing some information regarding specific metadata available in SharePoint files/documents. Vti_replid, vti_rtag... etc I've gone through the protocol documentation but was unable to locate specific information about these fields. …

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-02-01T01:53:31.207+00:00
M-Dev 1 Reputation point
answered 2022-02-03T19:26:13.16+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,516 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

convert word document to pdf and render via office.com or web api

My organization uses Microsoft extensively, Sharepoint Online, Office 365, etc. I want a web application to render Word and Excel documents by converting to PDF. I read where a page at office.com can be opened, including the URL of a document, and it…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,680 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2022-01-27T20:59:08.03+00:00
David McDivitt 206 Reputation points
commented 2022-01-28T23:11:43.613+00:00
Tom Jebo 1,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Clarification regarding ActionItemType for OneNote 2010 format

Hello! By MS-ONE every note tag has a property ActionItemType(paragraph 2.3.85). It is described as "an ActionItemType element (section 2.3.85) that specifies the identity of the note tag". We cannot understand what does it mean... For…

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2021-08-30T14:06:02.673+00:00
AlexeiSo 81 Reputation points
commented 2022-01-28T21:23:57.017+00:00
Tom Jebo 1,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers

3D coordinate system orientation in Office Drawing Binary File Format

The Office Drawing Binary File Format has the attributes c3DKeyX, c3DKeyY, c3DKeyZ and c3DFillX, c3DFillY, c3DFillZ. How is the coordinate system orientated? Is it a right-hand or a left-hand system?

Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2021-11-12T18:21:26.22+00:00
Regina Henschel 151 Reputation points
commented 2022-01-06T18:06:36.917+00:00
Mike Bowen 1,516 Reputation points Microsoft Employee