Note
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try signing in or changing directories.
Access to this page requires authorization. You can try changing directories.
Blog of "The" Office Developer
Promoting Office 2010 in Peru
I just completed a much-needed 2 week vacation in Peru with one of my sons. While there, I wore my...
Date: 07/20/2010
Microsoft SharePoint Conference 2011: Which Band Should Perform?
As you all know the SharePoint Conference last year in Las Vegas was a great show (here are links to...
Date: 06/17/2010
Microsoft Office 2010 General Availability
So, I was at TechEd 2010 talking a lot about Office 2010 solutions development last week and love...
Date: 06/15/2010
Open XML at TechEd 2010
Open XML was a big part of my first session at TechEd 2010 called, "Office 2010: Developing the Next...
Date: 06/10/2010
Microsoft Office Programmability Delivers for Consultant’s Customers
I’ve talked with with many dozens of customers here at TechEd 2010 about Office 2010 and shown...
Date: 06/08/2010
New Office VBA site launch on MSDN
MSDN now features a special site (also accessible via www.iheartmacros.com) dedicated to Microsoft...
Date: 06/07/2010
Office 2010 & SharePoint 2010: Platform for Innovation
There's a great new article by Michael Desmond in Visual Studio Magazine called "Office Alignment:...
Date: 06/02/2010
Keeping It Real With Microsoft Office: Asking Questions About Solution Design
I just finished a whirlwind swing through Amsterdam, The Hague, Antwerp, and finally Vienna Austria....
Date: 04/05/2010
Microsoft TechDays 2010 in Antwerp Belgium
I caught a train from Den Haag to Antwerp in Belgium on Wednesday afternoon. You can see the Dutch...
Date: 04/03/2010
Microsoft DevDays 2010 Day #3 with Open XML
I've been running at a fast pace for the past few days, so I'm going to add a few posts here to...
Date: 04/03/2010
Microsoft DevDays 2010 Day 2
I delivered a session today that describes what's new in Office 2010 for solution developers. It's a...
Date: 03/30/2010
Getting Started Integrating Windows Azure with Microsoft Office Solutions
Nearly everyone starts learning anything new by beginning with something simple and adding...
Date: 03/30/2010
Microsoft DevDays 2010 Day #1
It's been an eventful day here at Microsoft DevDays 2010, and the show hasn't even officially...
Date: 03/29/2010
Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office Is Live
I speak with customers every day about the productivity solutions they build using Microsoft Office....
Date: 03/15/2010
Microsoft Office Developer Sessions from SharePoint Conference 2009 Now Live
Readers of the blog know that SharePoint Conference 2009 had some pretty memorable highlights. Now,...
Date: 03/11/2010
Microsoft Office 2010 Developer Video Shoot
I just felt like doing a different kind of post today. I spent some time on camera yesterday as part...
Date: 03/05/2010
New MSDN Office Developer Center Update
Erika, the site owner for the MSDN Office Developer Center, announced today an important visual...
Date: 03/03/2010
Excel Open XML & LINQ Part I
In the next few posts I'll roll out a little project for Excel that uses Open XML and LINQ. The...
Date: 02/19/2010
Outlook and LinkedIn
Many of you have heard that we announced the Outlook Social Connector back at PDC 2009. The...
Date: 02/17/2010
Excel 2010 XML Maps
We introduced Excel XML Map objects in Excel 2003. We carried those forward into Excel 2007 and, of...
Date: 01/29/2010
New Office Developer Guild Logos
The ODG logos have been updated with the new Office 2010 brand logo. Also, by request, I have added...
Date: 01/28/2010
New Office 2010 Developer Video
We just published a new video on MSDN that provides a great starting point for understanding what...
Date: 01/26/2010
Excel VBA Cells and Hyperlinks
I track some information in Excel, and one of the columns is for a link to some location (blogs, Web...
Date: 01/07/2010
Application Compatibility and Microsoft Office Solutions (+ another installment of “Rock Thought”)
When I was a consultant my customers ranged from small companies to big Fortune 100 enterprises. No...
Date: 12/09/2009
Helpful Content Links for Getting Started with Office Development
I’m often asked for helpful content links for content around VBA, Microsoft Office Backstage view,...
Date: 12/07/2009
VBA in Office 2010 Articles Live!
We have published some new content about VBA in Office 2010: Getting Started with VBA in Office 2010...
Date: 11/23/2009
VBA code I wrote this week in Excel and how it helped me
OK—my title is kind of colloquial. But I'm in a hurry, and the title conveys the idea well enough....
Date: 10/30/2009
Adding Event Code to Microsoft Office Backstage View Customizations
In my last post, I introduced the basic recipe of how to customize the Microsoft Office Backstage...
Date: 10/28/2009
Customizing the Backstage view and Ribbon UI in Office 2010
One of the presentations I delivered at SPC 2009 was the title of this blog post. Don't worry—I'll...
Date: 10/27/2009
Office 2010 Developer at SPC & “What’s the end-user value?”
Whew! What a week at the SharePoint Conference! Let me re-cap some highlights for you and talk for a...
Date: 10/23/2009
Why VBA Still Makes Sense
Not infrequently I am asked, “So, should I use VBA? Is it going to be around in Office 2010? Is it...
Date: 09/07/2009
Office Developer Guild is Live!
The developer community for Microsoft Office grand and healthy. And, the knowledge and expertise in...
Date: 07/30/2009
Office 2010 Developer: What's New!
Buckle in! This is a full-throttled post! If you’ve been following the press and the excitement...
Date: 07/14/2009
Office 2010 for Developers: Conference moving to SharePoint Conference 2009
As I spent a ton of time at Tech Ed, I was super impressed by the immense amount of interest in...
Date: 06/01/2009
Unleash your inner-VBA (Plus a review of the new Silversun Pickups CD)
I’m have been a fan of VBA since its inception. I instantly saw how powerful the Office applications...
Date: 04/20/2009
Microsoft Excel and Twitter via Smart Tags in a VS 2008 Solution
I recent wrote (“Twitter from Excel 2007”) about how Chandoo (Plus JP) caught my attention with...
Date: 03/16/2009
www.iheartonenote.com
I truly enjoy being enthusiastic about OneNote. I’m not ashamed of my unguarded devotion to this...
Date: 03/10/2009
Twitter from Excel 2007
I cannot think of any compelling reason for sending a tweet from a form in Excel other than it's...
Date: 03/05/2009
Adding and Binding XML in Office Documents
I am frequently asked about how to do some of the basics with XML parts in Office documents. There...
Date: 02/18/2009
Office 2007 (and beyond) Developer Resources: Looking ahead
Many of the investments developers make in Office 2007 are version-durable (read: they are likely to...
Date: 02/05/2009
SharePoint Developer Tools: Announcing Public CTP Release of VSeWSS 1.3
SharePoint development is a special skill, so special that if you want to make a decent living, are...
Date: 01/12/2009