*** I've updated the books below, but for most Office 2007 developer resources, see my more recent post.

I posted a copious number of resources that can help you with your Outlook development, and here is a similar post for Word. I'll maintain this, and if you can think of things I have missed, please send me your ideas:

Here's the list of Word developer resources I will maintain and keep up to date.

Articles with code ( or code downloads):

• Understanding the Word Object Model from a Visual Studio 2005 Developer's Perspective by Frank Rice and John R. Durant
• Automate Document Assembly with Keylogix ActiveDocs and WordprocessingML  by Ken Getz
• Automate Word Tables for Data Insertion and Extraction  by Cindy Meister
• Create an Outlook Task Add-in Solution with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office by John R. Durant
• Create a Custom Spell-Checker with Word 2003 and Visual Basic .NET  by Frank Rice
• Build a Status Report Application with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office by J. Jason De Lorme
• Create a Search Application with Word 2003 and Visual Basic .NET  by Frank Rice
• Create an End-to-End XML Solution with Word 2003 and Excel 2003  by Frank Rice & Paul Cornell
• Create and Apply an XML Resume Template in Word 2003  by Frank Rice
• Import XML Data to Word 2003 Using Visual Studio Tools for Office  by Iouri Simernitsky
• Microsoft Office Word 2003 XML: Memo Styles Sample  by Frank Rice
• Migrate a Word VBA Solution to Visual Basic  by Jan Fransen & Lori Turner
• Migrate Your VBA Solutions to Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System  by Chris Kunicki
• OfficeTalk: Developing Word XML Using the Word 2003 XML Toolbox  by John R. Durant
• OfficeTalk: Easy Task Reports with Outlook and WordML  by John R. Durant
• Overview of Server Capabilities in Visual Studio Tools for Office, Version 2005  by Matt Hessinger
• Protect Personal Data in Your Word 2003 Documents  by Frank Rice
• Smart Document Sample with Microsoft Office Word 2003  by Frank Rice
• Transform Word Documents into the XSL-FO Format  by Alexei Gagarinov
• Understanding the Word Object Model from a .NET Developer's Perspective (2003)  by Mary Chipman
• Understanding the Word Object Model from a .NET Developer's Perspective (2005)  by Ken Getz
• Work with Shapes in Word is Simpler than it Appears by Mark Iverson

Articles:

• New XML Features of Microsoft Office Word 2003 by Peter Vogel
• What's new in Word 2003 for Developers? by Don Kiely
• Handling Complex COM Objects with Interop Assemblies or "Why Has My Menu Button Stopped Working in Office? by Andrew Whitechapel
• Create an Estimate Solution Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office by Kevin Schultz, Kevin Schuler, Pam Davis, Aisha Khurshid, Lionel Rouvillois
• Walkthrough: Creating a Table in Word by Ken Getz
• Using Schemas with Word 2003 and Excel 2003  by Mary Chipman
• Add an ActiveX Control to a Smart Document by Joshua Greenburg
• Call Visual Basic for Applications Code from Visual Basic .NET  by Frank Rice
• Consuming ADO.NET DataSets in the Microsoft Office System  by Don Kiely
• Convert VBA Code to Visual Basic .NET  by Dale Olberg
• Create Word 2003 Documents From Any Version of Access  by Peter Vogel
• Edit XML Data with Word 2003 and Excel 2003  by Mary Chipman
• Handy Tips When Using Word 2003  by Frank Rice
• Integrate Word, Excel, and InfoPath with SQL Server 2000  by Peter Kelly
• Walkthrough: Loading SQL Server Data into a Word Table by Mary Chipman
• New XML Features of Microsoft Office Word 2003  by Peter Vogel
• Programming Office Applications Using Visual C#  by Ken Getz
• Walkthrough: Accessing the Spelling Checker in Word by Mary Chipman
• Unlocking Information in Microsoft Office 2003 Using XML  by Chris Kunicki & Charles Maxson
• OfficeTalk: Use Smart Tags in Word 2003 to Search Inbox Data  by John R. Durant
• Read and Write Custom Document Properties in Word 2003  by Frank Rice
• Walkthrough: Hooking Events in Word by Ken Getz
• Walkthrough: Building a Word Document Using SQL Server Data by Mary Chipman
• Understand Custom Document Properties in Word 2003  by Frank Rice
• Transform XML to RTF and Display in Word Using ASP.NET and Visual Basic .NET  by Frank Rice
• Tips on Working with Files and Folders in Office 2003 Editions  by Frank Rice
• Walkthrough: Loading Jet Data into a Table in Word by Mary Chipman
• Regular Expression Support in Microsoft Office System Smart Tags  by Markus Egger

Reference Documentation:

• Word XML SDK (download) 
• Word XML SDK (online) 
• Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas (online)
• Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas (download)

Books:

• Programming Office Business Applications by Steve Fox, Paul Stubbs, Rob Barker
• Master VBA for Microsoft Office 2007 by Richard Mansfield
• 6 Microsoft Office Business Applications for Office SharePoint Server 2007 by Rob Barker, Adam Buenz, Joanna Bichsel
• Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office for Mere Mortals : A VBA Developer's Guide to Microsoft Office Development Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office  by Kathleen McGrath, Paul Stubbs
• Office 2003 XML by Evan Lenz, Simon St. Laurent, Mary McRae
• Microsoft .NET Development for Microsoft Office by Andrew Whitechapel 
• Office 2003 Programming: Real World Applications by Ty Anderson
• Developing Microsoft Office Solutions: Answers for Office 2003, XP, 2000, & 97 by Ken Bluttman
• Visual Studio Tools for Office: Using C# with Excel, Word, Outlook, and Infopath by Eric Carter, Eric Lippert
• Office 2003 XML for Power Users by Matthew MacDonald
• Office 2003 VBA Development All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies by Richard Mansfield
• Powering Office 2003 with XML (Power Pack Series) by Peter G. Aitken et al.
• XML in Office 2003: Information Sharing with Desktop XML by Charles F. Goldfarb, Priscilla Walmsley

Hands-on-labs:

• Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Hands-on Labs for Word 2003  by Microsoft

Code Snippets:

• Overview of Code Snippets Using Visual Studio Tools for Office, Version 2005  by Kevin Schultz & Pam Davis

Tools and Utilities:

• WordprocessingML Transform Inference Tool
• Word 2003: XML Toolbox
• Word 2003: XML Viewer

MVP and 3rd Party Resources

• http://www.officezealot.com/
• http://word.mvps.org/index.html
• http://www.devx.com/officeprodev

Video:

• Word 2003 XML Mapping Video
• Building Managed Solutions Behind Word 2003 Documents Video

Blogs:

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Team Blog
• John R. Durant- Office and a short, bald man
• Chris Kunicki- Random 'deep thoughts' on MS Office and related subjects
• Ty Anderson- The Business of Office

• Eric Carter- .NET4Office

• Andrew Whitechapel- Stuff and nonsense

Newsgroups and Forums:

• microsoft.public.word.vba.general
• microsoft.public.word.vba.customization
• microsoft.public.word.vba.userforms
• microsoft.public.word.vba.beginners
• microsoft.public.word.docmanagement
• microsoft.public.word.vba.beginners
• microsoft.public.office.xml
• microsoft.public.officedev
• microsoft.public.office.developer.vba
• microsoft.public.office.developer.smarttags
• microsoft.public.office.program_forms
• microsoft.public.office.program_vba

Get Answers or Give Comments:

• http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/wizard.mspx
• http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub
• http://office.microsoft.com

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