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Visual Studio Tools for Office enables you to build managed add-ins for Office client applications.
- Office/SharePoint Building Blocks and Developer Stories
- Overview of Office 2010 Application Development
- Office Application Scenarios
- Understanding the Three Approaches to Office Development using VSTO
This post is the first in a series on Microsoft Office 2010 application development. (Article)
You can use a variety of approaches to extend Microsoft Office 2010. There are multiple ways to extend each of the Microsoft Office applications’ user interfaces and programmatically work with the underlying documents, spreadsheets, or presentations. The best way to accomplish your desired objective is not always obvious. (Article)
Many developers identify and document developer scenarios while designing software before writing functional specifications. (Article)
When using Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO), there are three basic approaches to Office development: 1) Application-Level Managed Add-In, 2) Document-Level Customization, 3) Office Automation. (Article)