9Smart Tags in Word and Excel
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
—HENRY MILLER
Topics Covered in This Chapter
Creating Word and Excel Smart Tags with VSTO
Understanding Smart Tag Properties
Introduction to Regular Expressions
Overriding Smart Tag Recognizers
What Is a Smart Tag?
Smart tags are a Microsoft Office feature that can be programmed to recognize certain text and then present users with actions they can take related to the text. Smart tags implement two interfaces: ISmartTagRecognizer (the recognizer) and ISmartTagAction (the action).
Microsoft Word and Excel include a number of built-in smart tags. For example, if ...
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