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Tips for Filtering Items Using Date-time Comparison

In my recent posting about a time-reporting macro, I mentioned a workaround to have the macro...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 11/24/2010

New Releases of the Outlook 2010 Auxiliary Reference and Outlook 2010 MAPI Reference

This week our group published the Outlook 2010 Auxiliary Reference, and updated the Outlook 2010...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 11/20/2010

Improving Outlook Performance (Part II): Video and Sample Add-In to Show Filtering Items in a Folder

In the Outlook object model, the Table object provides a light-weight row-set that allows fast...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 10/13/2010

Improving Outlook Performance (Part I): Video and Sample Add-In to Show Setting and Getting Multiple Custom Properties

Microsoft Outlook supports properties for items and folders. For example, a MailItem object has...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 10/12/2010

A Simple Macro to Track Your Time in the Outlook Calendar

The Scenario Do you sometimes wonder how time slipped by during the work day, and you can’t...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 10/09/2010

Use the Page.LayoutChangeDirection and the Selection.LayoutChangeDirection methods to change the orientation of shapes in Visio 2010

[Note: This is the second in a series of blog posts that highlight some of the new members of the...

Author: saulc Date: 10/06/2010

Use the Page.DropConnected method to connect a shape dropped on the page in Visio 2010

[Note: This is the first in a series of blog posts that will highlight some of the new members of...

Author: saulc Date: 09/30/2010

MVP Helmut Obertanner Published Outlook Articles and Sample Applications on MSDN

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), Helmut Obertanner*, published two articles on MSDN...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 09/15/2010

Word Automation Services Resource Center is now live!

Word Automation Services (WAS) is a new shared service in SharePoint that debuted with the release...

Author: soliver Date: 09/13/2010

A Few Office 2010 Object Model References Live on MSDN!

Today we published a few Office 2010 object model references on the MSDN Library: Access 2010...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 08/06/2010

Thanks for your feedback on the Open XML SDK

Thanks, everyone, for voting on the Open XML SDK prototypes. Based on your feedback, we are making...

Author: Allison Bokone - MSFT Date: 07/23/2010

Outlook Social Connector 1.1 – What’s in it for Me?

Microsoft announced the Microsoft Outlook Social Connector (OSC) 1.1 yesterday, together with a new...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 07/14/2010

Vote for the prototype you like for the Open XML SDK!

Our team is working on some ideas for one of our developer documentation sets – the Open XML...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 07/13/2010

Office Mobile Service Guidelines Enhanced for Office 2010

In the last month, we published a set of three articles for Microsoft Office 2010 Mobile Service....

Author: angelgolfer Date: 06/30/2010

Office Community Day Happening on June 15, 2010, Munich, Germany

For those Office users who speak German: the second Office Community Day is occuring on June 15,...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 05/26/2010

New Managed Code Examples for Outlook 2010

With the announcement of Microsoft Office 2010 being released to manufacturing (RTM) today, I’d like...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 04/16/2010

Introducing Word Automation Services

My friend and colleague, Eric White, recently posted a superb write up on his blog about a new...

Author: soliver Date: 03/22/2010

MySpace for Outlook is Now Available

Following up on my blog for the February update of the Outlook Social Connector (OSC) Beta, MySpace...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 03/10/2010

How to Verify if Outlook is Available on a Computer as a Click-to-Run Product

Click-to-Run is a software delivery and updating mechanism available to Microsoft Office 2010....

Author: angelgolfer Date: 03/09/2010

Keep Your Customers Active on Your Social Network While They're in Outlook!

Today, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Outlook Social Connector (OSC) Beta (February Update). The...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 02/17/2010

MVP Michael Bauer Contributed a Code Example for a New Outlook 2010 Property

Michael Bauer* recently contributed a code example that shows a simple but common way to use the new...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 01/29/2010

New Features of Interest to Developers in Visio 2010

If you’re a Visio solution developer, you’ll find several new features in the Visio 2010 Beta to...

Author: saulc Date: 12/17/2009

Preparing your Existing Solutions to Run on Outlook 2010

This post is about issues you might want to be aware of if you plan to update your existing...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 12/11/2009

Developing Outlook 2010 Solutions for 32-bit and 64-bit Systems

This post captures and summarizes information about developing an Outlook solution for customers who...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 11/25/2009

Want More Office2010 Developer Content?

Erika Ehrli Cabral has great post about all of the new content we've published to help you get...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 11/18/2009

Accessing Outlook Developer Help During the Office 2010 Beta Period

The help model in Microsoft Office 2010 for Office client applications such as Access, Excel,...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 11/18/2009

Developer Help Updates for Office 2010 Beta

In the intervening time between when we had to hand-off the Developer References to go into the...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 11/17/2009

Outlook 2010 MAPI Reference Refreshed on MSDN

The Microsoft Outlook 2010 MAPI Reference has been updated on MSDN! The updated documentation is...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 08/31/2009

New features in Outlook 2010!

On July 13, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Office 2010 reached the Technical Preview engineering...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 07/14/2009

New code samples in the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference!

MVP Helmut Obertanner contributed two new code samples recently in May: How to: Import Appointment...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 05/14/2009

MVP Helmut Obertanner contributes code samples to the Outlook Developer Reference!

I am happy to announce that MVP Helmut Obertanner became the first MVP who contributed code samples...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 04/20/2009

Download for the Outlook 2007 MAPI Reference is now available!

You can now download the Outlook 2007 MAPI Reference from the Microsoft Download Center at...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 02/24/2009

Where is the MAPI documentation?

Some internal partners and external customers have asked where to find the Messaging API (MAPI)...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 01/20/2009

MAPI Properties and the New Outlook 2007 MAPI Reference

The Outlook 2007 Messaging API (MAPI) Reference is now officially published on MSDN! If you are...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 12/03/2008

We Get E-mails: Where Are the Object Members?

The object model reference documentation for the Office client applications (Word, Excel, Outlook,...

Author: soliver Date: 12/02/2008

Office Chart Object Model in PowerPoint and Word

With the release of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Microsoft Office 2007, you can now programmatically...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 10/30/2008

Open XML SDK 2.0 CTP Available

The Open XML SDK 2.0 Community Technology Preview (CTP) is here! You can find the documentation for...

Author: soliver Date: 10/14/2008

Open XML SDK 1.0 Available

Just read fantastic news from Erika Ehrli Cabral that the Open XML SDK 1.0 is now available. She...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 06/10/2008

Open XML Format SDK April CTP

Erika has a detailed post on the new release of the Open XML Format SDK, as well as the future of...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 04/17/2008

Did you know???

Did you know that if you double-click on a non-linked word in a NYTimes.com article, it will open a...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 03/31/2008

New Excel Development Blog

Ghaban Berry has created a phenomenal new blog on Excel development over at...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 02/15/2008

Usage Analysis of the Access Developer Reference

The 2007 Microsoft Office System was released into the wild about a year ago. I’d like to...

Author: Mike Stowe Date: 12/06/2007

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 VBA Reference Feedback

Greetings. My name is Rod Chisholm and I am the Programming Writer for Excel client VBA (Visual...

Author: Siosalach Date: 11/30/2007

Outlook 2007 Developer Reference updated on MSDN!

The Outlook 2007 Developer Reference has been updated on MSDN on November 13, 2007! This Reference...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 11/14/2007

Another meeting update: do I have to respond?

My name is Angela and I am a programmability writer for Outlook. Outlook 2007 was the first version...

Author: angelgolfer Date: 11/07/2007

Let's Talk about Office VBA Help

[Ed. note: The data analysis in this posting was made possible by the work of JP Bagel, Rod Chisholm...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 11/06/2007

Video: Quick Tips on using VBA Help with Office

There are some quick and easy things you can do to make sure you are getting the optimal VBA...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 11/05/2007

Outlook Auxiliary Reference available

The Outlook 2007 Auxiliary Reference is now live on MSDN Library. Accompanying the documentation in...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 10/31/2007

Welcome

Hello. My name is David Hale and I am a new Content Publishing Manager at Microsoft Corporation in...

Author: David Hale - MSFT Date: 10/16/2007

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