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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