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First day of Office Developer Convention

Posted by Keith Elder | Posted in .Net, Programming | Posted on 03-02-2005

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Today was the first day of the Office Developer Convention 2005 in Redmond, Wa. This is the first time Microsoft has put on a convention for developers revolving around their Office products. When most people think of Office they think of three or four basic apps. Usually this includes Word, Excel, Acccess and Powerpoint. There are however a lot more products that round out the Office tools. Other packages include Front Page, InfoPath, One Note, Live Communication, Visio, Outlook, Publisher, Project, and their server counter parts such as Live Communication Server, Sharepoint Portal Server, Content Management Server, and Exchange Server. With this and many other products that make up the total package there is plenty of things to talk about for a conference so let’s get started.