Programming Microsoft® Office Business Applications
by Steve Fox, Rob Barker, Joanna Bischel, Erika Ehrli Cabral, Paul Stubbs
Foreword
The Office system has evolved incredibly over the last twenty years. When we look back at our first version of Microsoft Word (Word for Windows 1.0), it’s amazing to see the difference in the design of the then and the design of the now. We notice a core difference when we look at our applications of yesterday: their purpose was specific and discrete. There was little interoperability with other applications beyond copy and paste. Today, the experience of word processing is not just about creating documents; it’s about content management, team collaboration, smart and structured documents, extended search, workflow management, and much more.
The Office system as a whole was designed to enable organizations to communicate and collaborate, ...
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