Office Newswire: a glimpse of Office 2013 on Windows RT tablet – 6.13.2012

A good number of my news sources seem to think Microsoft will provide us with betas of Office and SharePoint as early as this month. Many thought the beta release would coincide with Tech Ed. So far, that is not the case but the week is not over... Read the rest of this entry →

Building integrated Excel extensions: COM Add-in, RTD Server and XLL in one C# project

Add-in Express for Office and .net makes building Microsoft Excel extensions easy. We provide you with a collection of tools and components to get that world-class Excel add-in out of the door and into the world in record time. ... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps For Government – 6.8.2012

If I understand what I read, Exchange 15 features are running in Office 365, "if it makes sense". Sounds like an interesting concept... Office 365 as a testing / proving ground for the on-premise release. I think this strategy makes anyone using Office 365 a guinea pig... Read the rest of this entry →

Office Newswire: Microsoft to deliver Office 15 for Windows first, iPad later – 6.6.2012

In our software development world, we have our own "Big 3": Microsoft, Apple, and Google. Microsoft and Apple are grandpas (in tech years). Google is an single adult without kids. These three dominate our industry and are quite accustomed to winning... Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Creating Excel add-in using C#, VB.NET

Excel is a popular target application for Office COM Add-ins and Add-in Express has the tools to empower you, the Excel add-in developer. In this relatively short video, we show you how our tools provide components and visual designers to help you quickly... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Windows 8 Release Preview – 6.1.2012

The final pre-release of Windows 8 is here! I believe certain established tech journalists received an advanced copy. How else do you explain this super-informative guide written by Paul Thurrot?... Read the rest of this entry →

Advanced search in Outlook programmatically: C#, VB.NET

Today I will tell you a story about searching items in Outlook. The most powerful and reliable search is using the AdvancedSearch method of the Application class... Read the rest of this entry →

Office Newswire: The mile-high view of Office 15 – 5.30.2011

I keep hearing how the Facebook IPO was a failure. Depending on your viewpoint that might be true. For example if you purchased a significant number of shares at $38… I wager you are feeling a bit “zucked”. I love it when new expressions are coined like this. “Zucked” is brilliant. Despite all the hub […]... Read the rest of this entry →

Creating Excel 2010, 2007 addin. Customizing Excel Ribbon: C#, VB.NET

In today's article we'll concentrate on the components and tools Add-in Express for Office and .net gives us when developing COM add-ins for Excel 2007 and Excel 2010... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Great Ars Cloud Office suite shootout – 5.25.2012

This time out, the topic is how well the cloud suites convert Office documents. This alone should give MSFT a point on the score board. No one is writing an article about how well Word converts a Google Doc document... Read the rest of this entry →

Office Newswire: Visual Studio 11 lineup announced – 5.23.2012

In the future there will be robots... but for now, let us ponder and discuss the future role of developers. The author of this article states that developers need to find an area of expertise but leave room for working knowledge of a broad set of adjacent technologies, languages and frameworks... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Can Google Apps unseat Microsoft Office and Exchange? – 5.18.2012

Facebook goes public today. My instincts say Facebook stock is worth considering. My instincts thought the same regarding MSFT 10 years. I acted on that one bought some stock. Ten years later, I am just now seeing the stock price is above my purchase price... Read the rest of this entry →

Office Newswire: Is it fair to call Steve Ballmer the worst American CEO? – 5.16.2012

The fact is, this week there just isn’t much news regarding Microsoft Office. I blame Facebook and their impending IPO. I also blame the ex-CEO of Yahoo. I also blame Josh Hamilton is his insane hitting during last week!... Read the rest of this entry →

How to create Excel add-in: C# and VB.NET

It is also about time I write a few posts about writing Excel COM add-ins, so in today's article we'll take a look at how to create a superb world-class Excel add-in using Add-in Express for Office and .net... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Tablet Outlook 2012 – what’s expected from Apple, Google, Microsoft – 5.11.2012

Comparing features in SharePoint Online across Office 365 Service Plans :: I went searching for a decent comparison this past week and found a pretty good one. This grid lays it all out... by plan, by feature, what's included, what's not... Read the rest of this entry →

Office Newswire: New screenshots of Office 15 on a Windows 8 Tablet – 5.8.2012

I can't help but think about what's next for Office, SharePoint, and Microsoft. I am hoping for some big things. I can't wait to learn what Microsoft will offer developers in this next version... Read the rest of this entry →

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