Updated: July 2008
Walkthroughs provide step-by-step instructions for common scenarios and are a good place to start learning about Visual Studio Tools for Office.
The following walkthroughs demonstrate ways you can use document-level customizations and application-level add-ins to automate Microsoft Office Word and customize the user interface (UI).
The following walkthroughs can be performed in projects for Word 2007 or Word 2003.
Demonstrates how to create a basic application-level add-in for Word.
Demonstrates how to create a basic document-level customization for Word.
Demonstrates how to add text to a Word document when users enter text in controls on an actions pane.
Demonstrates how to bind data to controls on an actions pane. The controls demonstrate a master/detail relation between tables in a SQL Server database.
Demonstrates how to use check boxes on a Word document to change formatting.
Demonstrates how to use buttons and text boxes on Word documents.
Demonstrates how to change chart styles in a Word document by using option buttons in a document-level customization.
Demonstrates how to create a shortcut menu that can be used to format the text in a bookmark.
Demonstrates how to create a smart tag in a document-level customization.
The following walkthroughs can be performed only in projects for Word 2007.
Demonstrates how to add controls to a document by using an application-level add-in.
Demonstrates how to create a custom Ribbon tab by using an XML descriptor file in an application-level add-in.
Demonstrates how to automate Word from a custom task pane in an application-level add-in.
Demonstrates how to create a smart tag in an application-level add-in.
Demonstrates how to call code in a customization assembly from VBA code in the document.
Demonstrates how to use content controls to create structured and reusable content in a Word template.
Demonstrates how to bind content controls in a Word document to XML data that is stored in the document.
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July 2008
Added entries for new walkthroughs.
SP1 feature change.