greysteil
Nov 17, 2023Brass Contributor
Status:
New
Discerning whether a document is in "Editing", "Reviewing" or "Viewing" mode via Word/Excel JS API
Since May 2022 Word users have been able to switch between "Editing", "Reviewing" and "Viewing mode on a document (https://insider.microsoft365.com/ja-jp/blog/easily-switch-between-editing-reviewing-...
steodor
Jan 26, 2026Copper Contributor
We need this in order to inform our users if our failure to add a Content Control to the document is due to an application error or they're in View mode and can proceed just by changing that. Small change, massive UX improvement.