Visual Studio Tools for Office

Provides links to information about how to install Visual Studio Tools for Office, how to begin creating solutions, and what has changed since the earlier version.

Provides links to categorized lists of topics that address key programming tasks in Visual Studio Tools for Office.

Provides links to information about the upgrade process for projects created by using earlier versions of Visual Studio Tools for Office and considerations for side-by-side installations of the .NET Framework.

Provides links to information about how Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions work, including information about document-level customizations and application-level add-ins.

Provides links to information about how to create Microsoft Office solutions and about the role of assemblies in your solution.

Provides links to information about how to use managed code with Microsoft Office solutions, including customizing the Microsoft Office user interface, working with data, and troubleshooting.

Provides links to information about how to automate Excel, create Excel solutions, and understand globalization issues specific to Excel.

Provides links to information about how to create form templates and add-ins for InfoPath.

Provides links to information about how to automate Outlook and create Outlook add-ins and form regions.

Provides links to information about how to automate PowerPoint and create PowerPoint add-ins.

Provides links to information about how to automate Microsoft Office Project and create Project add-ins.

Provides links to information about how to create SharePoint workflow templates.

Provides links to information about how to automate Visio and create Visio add-ins.

Provides links to information about how to automate Word and create Word solutions.

Provides links to information about the differences between building and debugging Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and other types of projects in Visual Studio.

Provides links to information about how Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions incorporate the security features available with Microsoft Office and the .NET Framework.

Provides links to information about how to make Microsoft Office solutions available to your users, and the major issues to consider when you choose a deployment method and set security.

Provides links to sample applications and topics that give step-by-step instructions for performing common tasks.

Provides links to detailed information about the Visual Studio Tools for Office class libraries, user interface, manifests, and other objects.

Discusses application development with the .NET Framework in Visual Basic and Visual C#.

Provides basic information about Visual Studio, a complete set of development tools for building ASP.NET Web applications, XML Web services, desktop applications, and mobile applications.

Contains links to topics that explain how you can use Visual Studio to design, develop, debug, and deploy Web applications, XML Web services, and traditional client applications.

Contains links into native developer reference material for Office applications.

Provides additional VSTO resources such as technical articles, videos, and blogs.

Provides additional Visual Studio resources such as technical articles, videos, and blogs.

Provides information about Office Business Applications (OBAs) and how to build them using the Microsoft Office system Platform.

Contains links into videos and technical articles about Visual Studio Tools for Office.