The Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) forum is for VSTO-specific questions. Please feel free to post questions or issues specifically related to developing managed code applications using VSTO for Excel 2003, Word 2003, InfoPath 2003 and Outlook 2003 in this forum.

 

If you have questions or issues pertaining to non-VSTO specific topics such as Office applications other than those listed above, VBA, VB/C#, WinForms, etc., please post them in the appropriate Microsoft forum or newsgroup. The list of links below will provide you with a good starting point from which you can find the right forum or newsgroup for your question.

 

These links provide access to complete lists of Microsoft forums and newsgroups.

 

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MSDN Newsgroups Site ??http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/

This is a list of the most commonly asked non-VSTO topics and links to the appropriate forums and/or newsgroups.

Office Products

General Office Development

路         General developer issues: officedev newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.officedev&lang=en&cr=US

路         General programming issues: office.developer.vba newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.vba&lang=en&cr=US

路         Working with the Office Primary Interop Assemblies (PIA): office.developer.automation newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.officedev&lang=en&cr=US

路         Office Automation: office.developer.automation newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.automation&lang=en&cr=US

路         COM add-in issues: office.developer.com.add_ins newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.com.add_ins&lang=en&cr=US

路         IDTExetensibility2: office.developer.com.add_ins newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.com.add_ins&lang=en&cr=US

路         Web component issues: office.developer.web.components newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.web.components&lang=en&cr=US

Access

路         ActiveXControls: access.activexcontrol newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.access.activexcontrol&lang=en&cr=US

路         General programming questions: access.modulesdaovba newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.access.modulesdaovba&lang=en&cr=US

路         Form coding questions: access.formscoding newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.access.formscoding&lang=en&cr=US

Excel

路         Charting issues: excel.charting newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.excel.charting&lang=en&cr=US

路         General programming issues: excel.programming newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.excel.programming&lang=en&cr=US

路         Worksheet function issues: excel.worksheet.functions newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions&lang=en&cr=US

InfoPath

路         InfoPath issues: infopath newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.infopath &lang=en&cr=US

Information Bridge Framework

路         Information Bridge Framework issues: office.informationbridge newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.informationbridge&lang=en&cr=US

Outlook

路         General programming issues: outlook.vba newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.outlook.vba&lang=en&cr=US

路         Form coding issues: outlook.program_forms newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms&lang=en&cr=US

PowerPoint

路         PowerPoint programming issues: powerpoint newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.powerpoint&lang=en&cr=US

Project

路         Project programming issues: project.develoer newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.project.developer&lang=en&cr=US

Visio

路         General development issues: visio.developer newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.visio.developer&lang=en&cr=US

路         General programming issues: visio.developer.vba newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.visio.developer.vba&lang=en&cr=US

路         Diagram programming issues: visio.developer.diagrams newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.visio.developer.diagrams&lang=en&cr=US

Word

路         General programming issues: word.vba.general newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.vba.general&lang=en&cr=US

路         Add-in issues: word.vba.addins newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.vba.addins&lang=en&cr=US

路         Conversion issues: word.conversions newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.conversions&lang=en&cr=US

路         Mail merge issues: word.mailmerge.fields newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.mailmerge.fields&lang=en&cr=US

路         Page layout issues: word.pagelayout newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.pagelayout.fields&lang=en&cr=US

路         Table issues: word.tables newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.tables&lang=en&cr=US

Languages

VB

路         Forums

o        Visual Basic General forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=32&SiteID=1

o        Visual Basic Language forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=64&SiteID=1

o        Visual Basic IDE forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=65&SiteID=1

o        Visual Basic Express Edition forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=159&SiteID=1

路         Newsgroups

o        dotnet.languages.vb newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb&lang=en&cr=US

o        vb.addins newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.vb.addins&lang=en&cr=US

o        vb.crystal newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.vb.crystal&lang=en&cr=US

o        vb.deployment newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.vb.deployment&lang=en&cr=US

VBA

路         Forums

o        Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=74&SiteID=1

路         Newsgroups

o        office.developer.vba newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.vba&lang=en&cr=US

o        outlook.vba newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.outlook.vba&lang=en&cr=US

o        visio.developer.vba newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.visio.developer.vba&lang=en&cr=US

o        word.vba.addins newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.vba.addins&lang=en&cr=US

o        word.vba.general newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.word.vba.general&lang=en&cr=US

Visual C#

路         Forums

o        Visual C# General forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=31&SiteID=1

o        Visual C# Language forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=59&SiteID=1

o        Visual C# IDE forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=58&SiteID=1

o        Visual C# Express Edition forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=160&SiteID=1

路         Newsgroups

o        dotnet.languages.csharp newsgroup

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp&lang=en&cr=US