Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office (VSTO) combines the power of Word, Excel, and Outlook with the flexibility and extensibility of the .NET programming languages. VSTO allows developers to use C# and VB .NET to build custom Office applications that go beyond the natural toolset of Office. "Pro VSTO: Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office" takes you in-depth through VSTO, showing you tips, tricks, and best practices for building bulletproof applications to use within Microsoft Office, and even covers Office 2007. It covers the very latest features of VSTO 2005, including caching and integration with Visual Studio 2005. You'll learn how to build applications for Word, Excel, and Outlook with VB and C#. The book also features topics like XML, smart tags, COM, and SQL Server 2005 data sources. Author Fulvio Giacarri puts everything you need to know about VSTO inside this book.