Microsoft has released two new downloadable hands-on labs for the Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office to show how to create applications built around Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. The labs include creating action panes, accessing and storing data, and document interaction.

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

Download the Word 2003 Labs and the Excel 2003 Labs