5Customizing Word and Excel Task Panes
The mark of good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect.
—ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
Topics Covered in This Chapter
Customizing the Document Actions Task Pane
Designing Actions Pane Solutions
Creating Context-Sensitive Solutions
What Is a Task Pane?
To gather user input, Office developers typically display forms to be filled out by end users. There are disadvantages to this approach because it often forces users to attend to the form before they can continue working in the document. The form also obstructs users’ view of the contents of the document. In this chapter, you will learn how to customize the Document Actions task pane ...
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