Recent Articles on Cutting-Edge Tools for and Features of The Microsoft Office System

Office 2003 Tool: FabriKam – The Microsoft Office System Solutions Learning Platform A compiled help file (CHM) for use with the FabriKam sample files.

Best Practices for Ensuring Application Reusability and Upgrade in Windows SharePoint Services Revisit key information in the Windows SharePoint Services SDK to understand best practices for writing code that will be reusable when you apply software updates, upgrades, or security updates to a deployment.

Smart Access: Eventful Formatting for Access Forms Dynamically changing your form's properties at runtime can often provide a better experience for your users. Access guru, Rick Dobson, shows you some secrets for dynamically changing your form's background as it gains and loses focus, keeping subforms in view, and providing colorful feedback for data.

Part 3: Replicating Excel 2003 Formulas to SQL Server In the third of a three-part series, learn how to use XML maps to automate a process for storing Excel 2003 formulas in a SQL Server database. Includes downloadable code.

Customizing the Data View Web Part in FrontPage 2003 Use Windows SharePoint Services and FrontPage 2003 to create custom views of data stored in your Web site or in custom data sources.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO2005) Redistributable Package Beta 2 (x86) VSTO2005 beta redistributable package is the most recent update to the VSTO redistributable runtime and includes everything you need to run applications developed using the .NET Framework and Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003.