Microsoft has released two new hands-on labs for the Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office. The labs provide hands-on practice with developing Microsoft Word and Excel solutions using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Beta 2. In these labs you will learn how to use host controls, program the actions pane, bind data from a SQL Server database to host controls and controls on the actions pane, and cache data.

The Labs for Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office for Word 2003 are:

   * Lab 1 – Creating Actions Panes in Word
   * Lab 2 – Using Controls in Word Documents
   * Lab 3 – Working with Data in Word Documents
   * Lab 4 – Caching Data in Word Documents

The Labs for Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office for Excel 2003 are:

   * Lab 1 – Connecting Data and Controls in an Excel Workbook
   * Lab 2 – Using Controls in the Actions Pane
   * Lab 3 – Connecting Data in an Excel Workbook and Actions Pane

To download the Labs for Excel 2003 visit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=c54b03c8-ee57-4b18-b496
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To download the Labs for Word 2003 visit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=fb55006e-f4a8-41da-a528
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