MacroButton

[Click here and type Name]

1. Place the Insertion point in the document where you want the field.
   
   
2. Hit Ctrl+F9 to create field brackets {}.
   (they can not be just typed in)
   
   
3. Between the brackets type:
   
   

   {MACROBUTTON NoMacro [Click here and type junk]}

   
   

4. Press Alt+F9 and the field code will disappear.

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Labels: Customize, Fields, Tips

Not everyone is going to jump at once

Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Excel, and Microsoft Office PowerPoint versions 2000 through 2003 cannot natively open documents that are stored in the Office Open XML Formats in 2007 Microsoft Office programs.

You can install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats to open or to save 2007 Office files.

Microsoft Office XP and 2003

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

After you install the Compatibility Pack, you can use your existing version of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to open, edit, and save the file formats that are new to Word 2007, Excel 2007, or PowerPoint 2007. For example:

• You can open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint 2007 files by double-clicking them exactly as you do with your existing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint presentation(s).
• You can save Word, Excel, or PowerPoint 2007 files by clicking the Save button in your version of Word, Excel, or PowerPoint.

Microsoft Office 2000

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Word 2000

• After you install the Compatibility Pack, you can open, edit, and save the document file formats that are new to Word 2007 within Word 2000.
• You can open files in the formats that are new to Word 2007 by double-clicking the files.
• You can save files in the formats that are new to Word 2007 by clicking Save in Word 2000.

Excel 2000 and PowerPoint 2000

• After you install the Compatibility Pack, you can open and save the file formats that are new to Excel 2007 and to PowerPoint 2007 from the Microsoft Windows operating system.
• You can open files in the formats that are new to Excel 2007 and to PowerPoint 2007 by double-clicking the file on the desktop, in the My Documents folder, or in Microsoft Windows Explorer.
• You can save files in the formats that are new to Excel 2007 and to PowerPoint 2007 by right-clicking an Excel 2000 file or a PowerPoint 2000 file and then clicking Save As.

Compatibility Pack Functions

Compatibility Pack Download

Labels: Addin, General, Troubleshoot

Click for Date

"Did you ever need to check a date before you typed it into a document?

This tutorial shows you how to create a pop-up calendar using the Microsoft ActiveX Calendar Control that is installed with Office.

You will be able to call up the calendar with a keyboard shortcut, from a toolbar button or menu, or from the right-click context menu.

When you select a date, it is automatically entered into your document at the insertion point."

Labels: Addin, Dates, General, Tutorials, VBA

Let the add-ins begin

Learn how to customize the Ribbon user interface (UI) in the 2007 Microsoft Office release. Also learn how new features in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System support RAD development of Ribbon customizations. (40 printed pages)

Labels: Customize, Ribbon, Tutorials