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Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) was released in August of 2003. It</p> brought the power of .NET to developing Word and Excel applications. While</p> powerful, it was also lacking in some key features, and difficult to use. VSTO</p> 2005 will be released as part of the Whidbey release. It will be incorporated in</p> the more advanced versions of Visual Studio .NET 2005, and will also be</p> available as a stand-alone product. It has corrected many of the major problems</p> with the first version, and is poised to experience a rapid growth in usage.</p> Coverage has been expanded to include Outlook and InfoPath in addition to</p> Word and Excel. This book is not only written by key members of the team</p> that developed VSTO 2005, but it will also be the first book available on</p> VSTO. The authors provide both an introduction to VSTO as well as a tutorial</p> for using it, including lots of practical examples, and a refreshing honesty about</p> both the strengths and pitfalls of the technology. This book will be a must-have</p> for all the developers considering VSTO.</p>