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How to implement add-in which works both in Excel and Word and has specific API requirements
Our Excel-based add-in was recently upgraded to work with both Excel and Word. Initially, we created a separate add-in for Word, but our submission was rejected and we were asked to combine both subm...
My Outlook add-in was also rejected with these messages:
Your add-in is not working in the Outlook 2013 client on Windows 7 (Note: The add-in framework uses Internet Explorer 11 to run the add-in)
If you do not support 2013 SP1 because you are using an API only available in 2016/Online, you must put these apis in the requirements tag in your manifest. If you are not using an API only available in 2016/Online, then you must support 2013 SP1.
But there is no information anywhere about exactly what I should put in the manifest. Why do they simply not state precisely what changes I need to make to my manifest rather than rejecting it and forcing me to do yet more research, spending valuable time and money?