Using VSTO 2005 and Office 2003 you can create an Action Pane (see video) . This is a document level object, which mens that it is attached and visible only when the document is open. Now in using VSTO 2005 SE and Office 2007 you can create CustomTaskPanes. These are application level in scope so it...

Watch the first video training from our book - VSTO for Mere Mortals . You can watch the video on kathleen's blog . Kathleen does an excellent job showing you how to use the VSTO Action Pane. Intoduction to Action Pane video training The video explains the details of the Action Pane architecture...