CoercionType

You do not have to explicitly specify a coerciontype when using getSelectedDataAsync and setSelectedDataAsync.
The type will be inferred if possible.

Examples - Document.getSelectedDataAsync

Office.context.document.getSelectedDataAsync( 
   Office.CoercionType _coerciontype [, Object _options] [, function _callback]) 

_coerciontype - The type of data that you want to get.
_options - This is a collection of key/value pairs separated by a colon.
_callback - This is invoked once the aysnchronous operation is complete.

Office.context.document.setSelectedDataAsync( 
   Object _data [, Object _options] [, function _callback]) 

_data - This is the value that you want to set.
_options - This is a collection of key/value pairs separated by a colon.
_callback - This is invoked once the aysnchronous operation is complete.

Office.CoercionType

Named CoercionType

No callback function provided.

function setData(data) { 
   var options =  {coercionType : Office.coercionType.Text}; 

   Office.context.document.setSelectedDataAsync( 
      data, 
      options 
    ); 
} 

Anonymous Inline CoercionType

No callback function provided.

function setData(data) { 
   Office.context.document.setSelectedDataAsync( 
      data, 
      {coercionType : Office.coercionType.Text} 
   ); 
}