Automating Applications Using the Office Object Model
Automation is the key technology that makes creating an integrated Microsoft Office solution possible. The key to understanding automation is to understand objects, object models, and interop assemblies: what they are, how they work, and how they work together.
In This Section
- How to: Automate Office Applications By Using Primary Interop Assemblies
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Describes the steps you must take to automate Microsoft Office applications by using primary interop assemblies.
- Excel Object Model Overview
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Provides information on the top-level objects provided by Excel as well as the extended objects provided by Visual Studio Tools for Office.
- Excel Tasks
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Provides links to examples of commonly performed tasks that make use of the Excel object model in Visual Studio Tools for Office.
- Word Object Model Overview
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Provides information about the top-level objects provided by Word as well as the extended objects provided by Visual Studio Tools for Office.
- Word Tasks
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Provides links to examples of commonly performed tasks that make use of the Word object model in Visual Studio Tools for Office.
- Outlook Object Model Overview
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Provides information about the top-level objects provided by Outlook.
- Outlook Tasks
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Provides links to examples of commonly performed tasks that make use of the Outlook object model in Visual Studio Tools for Office.
- Finding Help for InfoPath, PowerPoint, and Visio Object Models
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Provides information about where to find documentation for the object models of Microsoft Office InfoPath, Microsoft Office PowerPoint, and Microsoft Office Visio.