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Office Features

Table 24.1 provides a matrix of the various features available for customization or extension within each Office application. We discuss each of these in the next section.

Table 24.1 Microsoft Office Extension Points

Some of these features are document-level features, and others are application-level features. The difference between the two is largely one of scope. Document-level customizations are attached to, and live with, a specific document, whether a Word .doc/.docx file or an Excel spreadsheet file. In contrast, application-level features are more global in reach and are implemented as add-ins to a specific Office application ...