Smarter Email

Smarter Email is an Office Add-in built for Outlook that makes your email sound smarter by replacing words with high quality (read: long) synonyms.

Before using Smarter Email

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

After using Smarter Email

The straightaway chocolate-brown pull a fast one on participate terminated the faineant chase after.

Required tools

• npm
• Bower
• Gulp

Get a Big Huge Thesaurus API key

1. Go to Big Huge Thesaurus' website.
2. Create an account and get an API key.

Mention "Smarter Email" in your app's description.

How to install

1. Clone this repository.
2. Set apiKey to the value of your API key in appcompose/config.js.
3. Run npm install to install both npm and Bower dependencies.
4. Run gulp serve-static to start development server.
5. Go to mail.office365.com and sign in with your Office 365 account.
6. Click the gear icon on the upper right, then choose Manage add-ins.
7. Click the plus icon, then choose Add from a file.
8. Browse to this repository folder and choose manifest.xml.
9. Then complete the wizard (Next, Install, OK) to make the Add-in available on your Office 365 account.

How to run

1. After installing the Add-in, go to mail.office365.com.
2. Compose a new email.
3. Click Add-ins at the top of the window to see available Add-ins and choose Smarter Email.

Helpful links

• Yeoman generator - Yeoman generator for building Microsoft Office related projects (including Add-ins). This project was built using it.
• Office UI Fabric - The front-end framework for building experiences for Office 365. This project uses it to get an Office "look and feel".
• dev.office.com - Find documentation, samples, and other helpful information relevant to Office development.