Error messages (Office development in Visual Studio)
Applies to: 
Visual Studio 
Visual Studio for Mac
Note
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Each error message topic provides information on possible causes for an error and potential solutions or workarounds to solve the problem.
You can get to information about an error message in the following ways.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| F1 | If you receive an error, you can press F1. This will open the corresponding error message topic in the online documentation. |
| Full text search | You can use full text search using words from the first sentence in the error message text. On the Help menu, click Search. |