What's New in Office XP
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Microsoft® Office XP contains programmability enhancements designed to give developers more flexibility when creating solutions. Each application contains new objects or events for you to work with. In particular, look in Office Help for these additions:
Word Diagram, HTMLDivision, and SmartTag objects.
Excel AllowEditRange, Error, ErrorCheckingOptions, Protection, SmartTag, and Speech objects. Also, calling COM automation functions from a worksheet.
Access AfterBeginTransaction, AfterCommitTransaction, AfterFinalRender, AfterLayout, BeforeBeginTransaction, BeforeCommitTransaction, DataChange, DataSetChange, OnConnect, and OnDisconnect events.
Outlook BeforeDelete, BeforeItemCopy, BeforeItemCut, BeforeItemPaste, BeforeMaximize, BeforeMinimize, BeforeMove, and BeforeReminderShow events.
PowerPoint Diagram and DiagramNode objects, and the DisplayAlerts property.
Front Page PageWindowEx object and associated events, WebEx object and associated events, and WebWindowEx object and associated events.
Among the general features and enhancements in Office XP you will see:
More convenient access to Help Get the full power of the Answer Wizard in an unobtrusive package.
Control paste options and automatic changes with smart tags New in-place buttons, called smart tags, let you immediately adjust how information is pasted or how automatic changes occur in your Office programs.
Conceptual diagrams Microsoft® Word, Microsoft® Excel, and Microsoft® PowerPoint® include a new gallery of conceptual diagrams.
Support for handwriting You can use handwriting recognition to enter text into an Office document.
Document recovery and safer shutdown Documents you are working on can be recovered if the program encounters an error or stops responding. The documents are displayed in the Document Recovery task pane the next time you open the program.
Office safe mode Office XP programs can detect and isolate startup problems. You can bypass the problem, run your Office program in safe mode, and keep getting your work done.
Office crash reporting tool Diagnostic information about program crashes can be collected and sent to your company's information technology department or to Microsoft. This makes it possible for engineers to correct these problems, so they do not interrupt you again.
Digital signatures Put a digital signature on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files that confirms that the file has not been altered.