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Description of the January 2010 update for Office Word

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how-to articles - Add-ins

how-to articles - Add-ins

How to determine whether any COM add-ins are loaded in Word
As part of the startup process, Microsoft Word can load Component Object Model (COM) add-ins. A COM add-in is a supplemental program that extends the capabilities of Microsoft Word by adding custom commands and specialized features. NOTE : A...
How to specify trusted sources for Digital Certificates in Excel, in PowerPoint, in and Word
Describes how to specify the trusted sources for Digital Certificates. You can turn on the "Trust all installed add-ins and templates" option to trust all add-ins and templates that are currently installed on the computer.
How to troubleshoot problems that occur when you start or use Word
Provides a guide to identify and resolve problems that you experience when you start Word 2010, Word 2007, or Word 2003 by using different troubleshooting steps.

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Considerations for server-side Automation of Office
Developers can use Automation in Microsoft Office to build custom solutions that use the capabilities and the features that are built into the Office product. Although such programmatic development can be implemented on a client system with relative...
Placeholder text of XML schema element always prints in Word 2003
Describes a problem that occurs where placeholder text always prints when you print a document that contains an XML element with placeholder text in Word 2003.

Troubleshooting - Add-ins

Troubleshooting - Add-ins

Some COM add-ins are not listed in the COM Add-Ins dialog box in Word
Describes an issue that some COM add-ins are not listed in the COM Add-Ins dialog box in Word. A workaround id provided.
The COM add-in that you added to the Templates and Add-Ins list is not loaded when you restart Word
Explains that COM add-in is not loaded when you try to add a COM add-in to your Templates and Add-Ins list. Includes a workaround to set the LoadBehavior registry entry to 2 in the Registry.
Text that is marked for redaction is deleted in Word 2003
Resolves an issue that may occur if you installed the Word 2003 Redaction Add-in version 1.1 and then installed the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

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WebCast: How to use Microsoft Office Word 2003 as your XML editor

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