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4 TopicsOffice.js: Is there any supported way to retrieve multiple non-contiguous text selections in Word?
Hi everyone, I'm developing a Word Office Add-in using Office.js. In Microsoft Word (Windows Desktop), users can select multiple non-contiguous text ranges by holding Ctrl while selecting text. However, when I use: context.document.getSelection() It only returns a single Word.Range, and I couldn't find any API to detect or retrieve all the selected ranges. I came across this related discussion: Microsoft Tech Community – Support for Retrieving Multiple Selected Ranges in Word via Office.js My questions are: 1. As of 2026, is there any supported Office.js API to retrieve multiple non-contiguous text selections? 2. Is there any workaround to detect that the user has selected multiple ranges? 3. Or is this still a platform limitation? Our use case is an AI-powered legal research add-in, where users may want to select multiple clauses from different parts of a document and send them together as context. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!35Views0likes4CommentsOffice 2021 LTSC version fallback option or install older version?
We are using Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2021 volume licensed versions in our company environment and deploy automatic updates and installation via CDN. Now the question arises whether, if necessary, we can go back to an older Office version (fallback) if the latest update causes problems. I have not found any options for this. Another option would be to simply install an older version, but we run the updates and installs via CDN, so we don't have any older Office versions. I also could not find a way to install an older version via CDN (always only the latest version) or to download older versions separately. I hope someone can help me here.Whether "fallbacks" are possible and where to get older Office 2021 LTSC versions?Solved3.6KViews1like4Comments