‘Breaking change’ category archive

Office from Microsoft Store: a spreading source of issues

The number of users having the Office version installed from Microsoft Store increases every day as computer vendors install it by default; see e.g. this support article from Dell. Per-user add-ins and some per-machine add-ins may run into a severe issue with that Office version. The issue is: the add-in uses old versions... Read the rest of this entry →

Range.Replace() problems in all Excel versions

Range.Replace() and supposedly Range.Find() may work incorrectly in a scenario we describe on the Excel for Developers forum. A workaround is: change Range.Value directly... Read the rest of this entry →

Add-in Express for Office issues on multiple monitors with different DPI settings

Microsoft has published Office 2016 build 8828.2010 through its Office Insider update channel. That build supports multiple monitors with different DPI settings; the support relies on the API changes provided by Windows 10 Creators Update.... Read the rest of this entry →

Large Address Aware in Outlook 2016

You might have heard of a recent update of Microsoft Outlook 2016 (LAA) that increased the memory available for Outlook from 2GB to 4GB. We've started receiving questions about how to deal with it. This blog is an answer... Read the rest of this entry →

Excel 2016 crashes if COM add-in creates a command bar control in a built-in context menu

Today's blog is about a recent crash reported by our customer. Our research shows that the crash occurs if your VSTO add-in or COM add-in creates a command bar control on a built-in context menu. We reproduce the crash when customizing the Cells context menu in this way... Read the rest of this entry →

Outlook 2010 – 2016 doesn’t let you set WebViewUrl and WebViewOn

We’ve started a new line of blogs to inform Office and Add-in Express developers about problems and solutions related to Microsoft Office and/or Add-in Express products as early as possible... Read the rest of this entry →

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