Spotlight on: the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Introducing the Office Developer How-to Center

Discover task-based samples to help you learn the new features of the 2007 Microsoft Office system programs, servers, services, tools and technologies.

Visual How-to: Building Word 2007 Document Templates Using Content Controls

Content controls are bounded and potentially labeled regions in a document for specific types of content. Watch a short video, read about it, and then learn how to write code.

Visual How-to: Build Word 2007 Documents Using the Office Open XML Formats


If you own a licensed version of Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office or Visual Studio Professional and above you are eligible to

download a free copy of VSTO 2005 Second Edition.


New: Developer References for the 2007 Microsoft Office System


Access 2007 Developer Reference

InfoPath 2007 Developer Reference

InfoPath 2007 XSF Schema Reference

Object Library Reference for the 2007 Microsoft Office System

Outlook 2007 Developer Reference

Project 2007 Developer Reference

SharePoint Designer 2007 Developer Reference

Word 2007 Developer Reference

Excel 2007 Developer Reference

Incidentally: I have been using Office 2007 for more than a month now and I really like its new "Ribbon" UI. It is intuitive and easier to use and it is consistent across all the MS Office suite of tools.