{"id":6452,"date":"2023-06-15T16:18:44","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/?p=6452"},"modified":"2023-06-15T16:18:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T22:18:44","slug":"add-ins-from-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/add-ins-from-microsoft\/","title":{"rendered":"Add-Ins from Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Jack Lyon, the Editorium<\/h3>\n<p>I\u2019ve created lots of Microsoft Word add-ins at the <a href=\"https:\/\/editorium.com\/sendy\/l\/zHdNoRoW5BV892AtTqJqOqDA\/LeVQMx9CpwTanjtR892jppcw\/mc892aOmpmlTgBb763fp7GIuog\">Editorium<\/a>, but did you know that Microsoft also provides add-ins, many of them  free? Here\u2019s how to explore and use these add-ins right from within  Microsoft Word.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the search bar at the top of your Word window, enter \u201cadd-in.\u201d You\u2019ll then see an option like this:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editorium.com\/sendy\/uploads\/1686858923.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"img\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Click \u201cInsert an Add-in\u201d (or just press your ENTER key). Doing so will open the <em>Office Add-ins<\/em> dialog. On my computer, it looks like this, showing the add-ins I\u2019ve already installed:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editorium.com\/sendy\/uploads\/1686858968.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"img\" \/><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>To explore more add-ins, click the \u201cStore\u201d link under  \u201cOffice Add-ins.\u201d You\u2019ll be presented with a bunch of add-ins and a  helpful list of categories to help you find what what you need:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editorium.com\/sendy\/uploads\/1686859011.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"img\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many of the add-ins are free to use. Those that aren\u2019t say \u201cAdditional purchase may be required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about an add-in, click its logo or title. To add it to Word, click the <em>Add<\/em> button and follow any online prompts. The add-in will then show up on the <em>Home<\/em> tab of Word\u2019s ribbon interface:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/editorium.com\/sendy\/uploads\/1686859138.png?w=700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"img\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope you find an add-in that does exactly what you need. If  you do, please let me know, and I\u2019ll review it in a future issue of <em>Editorium Update.<\/em> Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/add-ins-from-microsoft\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Add-Ins from Microsoft\"><p>By Jack Lyon, the Editorium I\u2019ve created lots of Microsoft Word add-ins at the Editorium, but did you know that Microsoft also provides add-ins, many of them free? Here\u2019s how to explore and use these add-ins right from within Microsoft Word. In the search bar at the top of your Word window, enter \u201cadd-in.\u201d You\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1525,175,6,16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-add-ins","7":"category-editing-tools-editorial-matters","8":"category-macros","9":"category-microsoft-word","10":"category-programs","11":"h-entry","12":"hentry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gfno-1G4","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/editorium.com\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}