While shapes are supported on Excel and PowerPoint Office.JS API, it's not the case of the Word API. Please allow us to: Create a new shape Edit the shape color and add a background image Add ...
Just how many more years will the Office.js team require to address this? This request has been posted so many times before too. They left VSTO in the dirt and convinced everyone to move to JS and here we are after 10+ years of library development.
Yun_Wang
Microsoft
MicrosoftWe are working on this, and Shape APIs will be delivered by stages in the coming months. We will update this entry when the first set of Shape APIs are available. Thanks.