I can't remember if I blogged about this, and if I did, I just don't remember (since my accident in September, my memory has been much less reliable- bummer). Anyway, I wanted to do an XPath search for nodes that contain string1 or string2 or string3...

Hyperlink fixing in Word with .NET...

Juval Lowy delivers "My" functionality for C# (scroll down the alphbetical list). If you are new to this, here's the skinny: In VB.NET, we make it waaaaaaay easier to do common task, like access properties of my computer, the Windows principal, my...

At Tech Ed, there was TONS of enthusiasm about WordProcessingML. Brian Jones , Office XML mastermind, was at the show too, and that was a huge plus. BTW: I have dubbed him the Russell Crowe of Office programmability, not because he does things of questionable...

It's been exhilarating and tiring to be at Tech Ed. Between Monday morning and when I went to bed last night I had only 6 hours of sleep (and no caffeine!). Nevertheless, the attendees make it all worthwhile. They get me very jazzed, and I loved delivering...

Tech Ed 2005 has already had news: during Steve Balmer's keynote was the announcement that we have added Outlook add-in support to the Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System. This is huge! Now, you will want to know all about it and...

It's a watershed moment for Office programmability: We have officially announced that the next version of Office will have a new open XML file format . A lot remains to be said, but I am going to stick closely to the the press release info (I have this...

I like OneNote . A lot . I was surprised at one point by how many people used it on a non-laptop computer. Many people do. I didn't see the utility. I have a Tablet PC, and it's essential. But, on a desktop? Well, I now use it often on my desktop as well...