asp.net - Add Footnotes with a Word Extension

Question

I want to create an extension that runs on Mac and Windows. The extension should insert footnotes at the position of the cursor. As far as I know, Office.js doesn't have a suitable interface for this. I found this in the .NET API Browser (https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/dotnet/api/microsoft.office.interop.word.footnote?view=word-pia):

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Footnote Add (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Range Range, ref object Reference, ref object Text);

But the Net Framework cannot be used on Mac. Do you have another solution to my problem?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65834260/add-footnotes-with-a-word-extension

Answer 1

Office.js can be used to insert footnotes into a Word document. Currently, there is no Footnotes API that would make this easy, but we can still use the Ooxml APIs to insert footnotes into the document.

Here is an example gist that uses Ooxml to replace the current selection in the document with a sample text and sample footnote. I tried my best to separate out the relevant parts of the Ooxml in case you want to modify the code to incorporate multiple texts and footnotes:

Insert footnotes using Ooxml

You can use ScriptLab to import the above gist and play around with the sample.

An Office Add-in solution using Office.js can be used on Mac, along with on Windows, and on Web.