How to guide about an Office Add-in for Microsoft Outlook?

Microsoft with the help of the web technology-based platform has combined the third parties like Outlook Add-ins into Microsoft Outlook. The Office setup 2016 Outlook supports the mail add-ins like email messages, responses, meeting requests, appointments, and cancellation.

And each of the email add-ins describes the context at what basis they are available like the types of items and whether the user is reading or composing an item. There is some add-in that gets installed by the email administrator, but still, you can install other add-ins from the Office Store.

An Outlook add-in has certain features-

1. An Outlook add-in is available from the Microsoft Office Store or by the end-users or administrators.
2. The add-in and business logic work in desktop-like MS-Outlook for Windows and Mac; Web like Office 365 and Outlook.com, as well as Smartphone.
3. The add-ins consists of the explicit that defines how add-ins has combines into Outlook and JavaScript/HTML code that made up the UI and the business logic of the add-in.

Here in the article learn about the Office add-ins for Microsoft-Outlook (to download, you need to visit office.com/setup) and how to install it.

Check out the steps to purchase and install Office add-ins for Microsoft Outlook-

1. Open the Outlook application.
2. Click on the ‘Home’ option.
3. Select the ‘Store on the ribbon’.
4. Look for the add-ins you want on the ‘Add-ins for MS-Outlook’ page.
5. Select ‘All’ option.
6. Scroll–down or search for the add-ins in the list by clicking on the ‘Search’ box.
7. Review the add-in privacy policy after you find out the particular add-ins you were looking for.
8. You can use the toggle controls to turn on or off for the free add-ins.
9. Choose the ‘Get it’ option to done with the purchase for the paid add-ins and free trials.
10. After the Office add-ins get installed, click on the ‘File’ option.
11. Choose ‘Manage add-ins’ or ‘Manage apps’ to check whether it is turned on.
12. If asked to sign-in, you need to enter the correct as well as the same email ID and password, which you have used while signing-into Office programs (by visiting office.com/myaccount)

SOURCE : Microsoft Outlook