What is a good book for building Office 2007 solutions?

Question

I see some messing with Word and Excel files via add-ins or code-behinds in the near future. Have no prior experience with programming Office solutions.. except a few random hacks... so would like a Getting Started / Cookbook type of book.

I've looked up the net and found a few. Unfortunately reviews are rare on these books.. So in case you'd like to recommend any.. please

Answer 1

Could not recommend a book but I could recommend a tool.

Add-in Express: http://www.add-in-express.com/

It works better than VSTO and is actively supported by the development team. You could do your reading on their forums and in the knowledge base.

EDIT: Actually the guys from Add-in Express team DO recommend some books. They know their stuff so I would assume the books are good:

• Microsoft .NET Development for Microsoft Office by Andrew Whitechapel
• Microsoft Outlook Programming by Sue Mosher

P.S. I am their customer but I am not affiliated in any way