January 2007 - Posts
Today is the 'consumer launch' of not only the 2007 Office system but also Vista (not to be confused with the November '06 'business launch' of the 2007 Office system). This means that starting today you'll start to see these shiny new Office & Vista
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I am a big fan of track changes in Word. If I'm reviewing something Zeyad wrote up, I like that I can press one button, edit his document, and not worry about having to list all of the changes I made in an email…track changes does that for me. But, this
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My name is Amani Ahmed and I'm the program manager whose primary focus is programmability, which are the tools needed to build applications on top of Word (i.e. macros, add-ins, etc) In the last post , Travis demonstrated the power of Word to transfer
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XML Mapping with Content Controls in Word Quick intro: My name is Travis Ratnam. I'm a program manager on the Word team by day and a professional magician by night… sort of like the guys in 'The Prestige.' I generally like to talk about escaping from
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If you author Rich Text Format (RTF) based solutions, or if you would like to learn more about how Word 2007 writes RTF :) , check-out the recently released Word 2007 RTF Spec . Also, check-out http://thenewpaperclip.com/ for some great tips, tricks,
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Alright, here we are at the start of a new year - my first as a married individual (very exciting!) - which means it's time for a few more posts to continue my focus on extensibility features in Word. So far, in my series of posts on content controls
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If you are a fan of keyboard shortcuts and wonder what Word's new UI means for them, or if you don't know what a keyboard shortcut is, or if you are just tired of taking your hands off of your keyboard to use your mouse in Word, I highly recommend checking
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In my last two posts I talked about building blocks in general and how to insert and swap out building blocks . In today's post I am going to talk about how to create your own building blocks. Creating Your Own Building blocks As mentioned in my first
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