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Here is a Way to Get the ID of a Built-in Outlook Command Bar Menu (Norm Estabrook)
30 April 09 02:09 PM

Recently, a forum poster asked us how he could add a submenu item to a built-in menu item in Outlook.  Note that these are not controls that appear on the Ribbon of an Outlook item, but rather the menus that drop down from the top of the Outlook Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 6 Comments    

Filed under: Outlook 2007, VSTO, Norm Estabrook, Command bars, Office 2007, Office 2003, VS2008, add-ins, Office Development

Clearing Off Custom Menu Items in Word (Norm Estabrook)
14 April 09 11:37 AM

Last month I posted this article that described how to prevent your add-in from creating duplicate menu items in Word.  If you have been experimenting with customization contexts, you might have several menu items that appear when you right click Read More...

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Filed under: VSTO, Norm Estabrook, Office 2007, Office 2003, Word Object Model, Word 2007, Word 2003, VS2008, Office Development

My Word Add-In Creates Duplicate Menu Items. Make it Stop! (Norm Estabrook)
06 March 09 12:33 PM

So I want my add-in to place a custom command into the shortcut menu. The shortcut menu is that cool menu that appears when you right-click a document. Great, so I read some articles in MSDN, write some code, run the add-in and voila there it is! I give Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 13 Comments    

Filed under: Norm Estabrook, Command bars, Office 2007, Office 2003, Word 2007, Word 2003, add-ins, Office 14, Office 2010

I Just Want to Format a Cell in My Excel Worksheet (Norm Estabrook)
03 June 08 10:41 AM

So you just want to write some code to format a cell in a worksheet. However, there isn't a help topic in sight that shows you how to do it. There may be a topic out there, but you don't have time to sift through the web searching for it. You're not alone. Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Norm Estabrook, Office 2007, Office 2003, Excel 2003, Excel 2007

Developing an add-in for multiple versions of Office (Mary Lee)
20 March 08 12:42 PM

Theoretically, you can develop an add-in for multiple versions of Microsoft Office by catering to the lowest common denominator. This means if you use an Excel 2003 add-in template in Visual Studio 2008, you would be able to develop and debug this with Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 7 Comments    

Filed under: Mary Lee, Office 2007, Office 2003