Advanced Microsoft® Office Documents 2007 Edition Inside Out

Chapter 23. Using VBA and XML Together to Create Add-Ins

Chapter Assumptions

Adding Your Macros to the Ribbon

Creating Simple Add-Ins for Word, Excel, or PowerPoint

Using the Trust Center

Understanding Digital Signatures

Next Steps

You can write a macro and you can customize the Ribbon. But, what do you need to know to put those skills together and start creating add-ins for the 2007 Microsoft Office release programs Word, Excel, and PowerPoint? You might be surprised at how much of the process you’ve already got covered.

Getting your macros onto a customized Ribbon tab takes just two more steps than adding a built-in command to the tab. Once you’ve got that down, you just need to decide how to share the particular automation in question and what (if ...