May 2006 - Posts

Bangalore GTSC
31 May 06 08:25 PM

I came across an interesting video on Channel 9 today: an interview with Mandar Naik about the growth of Microsoft's Global Technical Support Center in Bangalore . Coincidentally, I was in Bangalore for an Office developer workshop in March, and had a Read More...

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Kate Wolf Wins a Telly
30 May 06 04:12 PM

A few of my colleagues have put together something a little different: Office Noir , a cartoon about Office 2007 development features. It features a sassy private detective named Kate Wolf who uses Office technology to solve cases. Excel Services co-starred Read More...

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Smart Skin and Office 2007
29 May 06 01:09 PM

One of my favorite blogs is Sviokla's Context . The author, former Harvard professor John Sviokla, has a unique perspective on technology-related business issues. His interesting posts often turn conventional wisdom upside-down, and he illustrates his Read More...

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New content on OpenXmlDeveloper.org
26 May 06 05:58 PM

With the release of Office 2007 Beta 2 and publication of a working draft of the Ecma spec for Office Open XML, there has been a lot of excitement in the Open XML community this week. There is also some great new content on the OpenXmlDeveloper.org site Read More...

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Tour of the Office Open XML draft spec
25 May 06 07:33 PM

I recently mentioned on this blog that the Ecma TC45 committee had released Working Draft 1.3 of the Office Open XML Document Interchange Specification. Today, I'd like to give a little more information about what's covered and how it's organized. It's Read More...

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Office 2007 at the movies
24 May 06 09:10 AM

Yesterday the Office 2007 evangelism team sponsored an outing to Crossroads movie theater in Bellevue. Everyone from DPE, plus a few other Office-related folks, were invited to attend the new movie "The Da Vinci Code," and before the movie started we Read More...

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Office Compatibility Pack
24 May 06 08:45 AM

Mark Pregen sent me an email yesterday ... In your blog, you say " The converters for Office XP and Office 2003 will be available when Beta 2 becomes publicly available, and they’ll be a free download ." It's publicly available now ... where do we get Read More...

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Office 2007 Developer Videos
23 May 06 09:02 AM

The Office 2007 evangelism team has been working for months to get out the word about the world of possibilities in the 2007 Office System. That work has resulted in a set of How-Do-I screencasts that each demonstrate a specific hands-on task: create Read More...

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Office 2007 Beta 2: now available!
23 May 06 08:53 AM

The long-awaited Beta 2 build of Office 2007 is now available, as of 9:00AM PDT today. Get all the details here. It's a public beta, so anyone can sign up and download a copy. For system requirements and Beta 2 installation tips, click here . For developers, Read More...

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Office 2007 Posts
22 May 06 12:02 PM

I've recently started this MSDN blog, for covering Office 2007 separate from my personal blog . But I've posted a bunch of Office 2007 items on the personal blog since the first of the year, and I'd like to keep that content with this site going forward. Read More...

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Office 2007 Developer Videos
19 May 06 02:33 PM

If you're looking to get started on Office 2007 development, there are a bunch of great new resources in the works. My colleague Don Campbell will be publishing some cool videos on MSDN and Channel 9 soon, full of specific developer techniques: how to Read More...

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Ecma Office Open XML Formats Standard: draft published
18 May 06 01:06 PM

Version 1.3 of the Ecma spec has been published as of today. It's a huge document, with lots of detailed information for Open XML developers. Brian Jones has a nice overview on his blog , and you can go directly to the draft here . Read More...

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Office 2007 Beta 2 Search
17 May 06 10:05 AM

When you install Beta 2 of Office 2007 (and I assume you will, just as soon as it's publicly available!), you'll need to install Beta 3.0 of Windows Desktop Search. The search functionality in Outlook uses Windows Desktop Search, and it rocks, but it's Read More...

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Hello World!
16 May 06 04:41 PM

Well, I've done what I said I wouldn't do: I've created two blogs, one for personal and one for business. This means Mom won't have to scroll through technical info about Office 2007 in order to see recent pictures of our cats, and my co-workers won't Read More...

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