How to change permissions of word document programatically using office.js apis?

Question

I'm creating a sample office word add-in and for that I went through the api documentation of office.js but i could not find How to change the permissions of Word document through program. We can change the permissions of document from the manifest.xml using a tag and get it in program using the mode property of document object. But in my case i need to change permissions from program.

Answer 1

The permissions you specify in the manifest are the permissions your add-in requires, they are not affecting any permissions on the document itself.

It isn't possible to manipulate the document's permissions from Office.js. I recommend visiting the UserVoice and adding your suggestion.