Documentation
PSWriteOffice Command Families
The generated map of all exported cmdlets and the conceptual guide for each family. Includes PowerShell examples, validation notes, and cmdlet links.
The PSWriteOffice website catalog groups every exported cmdlet into exactly one workflow family. The build reads PSWriteOffice.psd1; it fails when a featured command is not exported or a new command has no family.
Current surface
| Family | Exported commands | Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Excel | 158 | Excel automation |
| Word | 92 | Word automation |
| 81 | PDF automation | |
| PowerPoint | 58 | PowerPoint automation |
| Markdown | 25 | Open and text formats |
| Visio | 21 | Visio diagrams |
| Reader and extraction | 13 | Reader and extraction |
| Confluence Cloud | 7 | Confluence Cloud publishing |
| RTF | 5 | Open and text formats |
| CSV | 5 | Open and text formats |
| OpenDocument | 5 | Open and text formats |
| 4 | Open and text formats | |
| AsciiDoc | 4 | Open and text formats |
| LaTeX | 4 | Open and text formats |
| HTML assets | 1 | Open and text formats |
| Cross-format visuals | 1 | Automation patterns |
| Shared authoring primitives | 1 | Automation patterns |
The total is generated from the module manifest. Aliases are intentionally counted separately because they provide a shorter DSL without replacing the canonical command names in help and automation.
Reference versus guide
Use this conceptual catalog to choose a family. Use the generated command reference for exact parameter sets, common parameters, examples, source links, and related commands. Searching the reference for a noun such as OfficePdf, OfficeExcelChart, or OfficeDocument is often faster than scanning a flat alphabetical list.
Evidence contract
The machine-readable catalog lives at WebsiteArtifacts/documentation/command-catalog.json in the PSWriteOffice repository. A Pester contract verifies:
- command and alias totals match the module manifest;
- family counts add up to the full exported command count;
- every featured command is currently exported;
- docs, examples, and API surfaces are enabled at the module version;
- regenerating the catalog produces no uncommitted difference.