November 2004 - Posts

• WordProcessingML, XML, and Lists

  Looking at the XML format for Word documents, I have been focusing on lists and how they are articulated. In great measure, things are pretty easy to grasp by looking at the XML. Here's the low-down: Lists are defined in the XML as a type of template. Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 24, 2004 10:29 AM by johnrdurant | 4 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Office System

• NotifyIcon and My Manager

  Last week, my manager sent me a mail expressing his annoyance that sometimes his laptop (which has a dent in the cover, I might add) does not retain his KeyboardDelay setting. Basically, it's that setting in Control Panel | Keyboard that lets you specify Read More... Posted Friday, November 19, 2004 1:05 PM by johnrdurant | 0 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Office System

• Microsoft Word 2003: WordProcessingML Transform Inference Tool

  OK- things are getting really exciting in the Word development universe. I am really happy to announce that we have published the WordProcessingML Transform Inference Tool . What good is it? Let me give you a scenario. Say you have a bunch of XML files Read More... Posted Friday, November 12, 2004 2:03 PM by johnrdurant | 7 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Office System

• Microsoft Office Word 2003 SDK

  Developers that target Microsoft Word are a different breed in some ways. I think they are especially patient, and they are traditionally under appreciated. I have seen so many amazing things done with Word development, and the powerful XML support in Read More... Posted Monday, November 08, 2004 10:59 AM by johnrdurant | 8 Comments Filed under: Microsoft Office System