Is Office 12 Dropping Task Panes?

[clintonG]

I caught word that Office 12 will no longer support Research Task Panes.
Does anybody have any idea if this rumor is correct? What will replace Task
Panes and what does this mean for developers of Web Services?

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[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The Future of Microsoft Office
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx

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| I caught word that Office 12 will no longer support Research Task Panes.
| Does anybody have any idea if this rumor is correct? What will replace Task
| Panes and what does this mean for developers of Web Services?
|
| <%= Clinton Gallagher

 

[clintonG]

Thanks but I have yet to read anything at that site that is relevant to my
concerns. I'm hoping to get a specific answer because a lot depends on it.
The last two years of my development activitities in fact... so it is
important for me to discover specific information regarding what Office 12
will or will not support for developers.

<%= Clinton Gallagher

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

The main part of the user experience is code-named the "ribbon."
It's the one place you go to find the commands that are all about
authoring -creating the document, the presentation or the spreadsheet
you're working on. "There's no longer a stack of task panes and menus
and toolbars to look through". There's just one place to look for commands.

Reference:

Q&A: Microsoft Showcases New User Interface for Office "12" Core Applications
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-13OfficeUI.mspx

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| Thanks but I have yet to read anything at that site that is relevant to my
| concerns. I'm hoping to get a specific answer because a lot depends on it.
| The last two years of my development activitities in fact... so it is
| important for me to discover specific information regarding what Office 12
| will or will not support for developers.
|
| <%= Clinton Gallagher

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Clinton,

The folks who manage the design of the new user interface in Office 12 have a blog where you can also post questions. Some things
they can answer now, some not, but
there is information there on programmed compatability http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/

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Thanks but I have yet to read anything at that site that is relevant to my
concerns. I'm hoping to get a specific answer because a lot depends on it.
The last two years of my development activitities in fact... so it is
important for me to discover specific information regarding what Office 12
will or will not support for developers.

<%= Clinton Gallagher >>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

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http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

 

[clintonG]

Thanks for the lead Bob...

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[clintonG]

As far as I know at the moment the ribbon is not the point Carey. The
Research Task Pane allowed developers to make their web services accessible
to Office users. I want to confirm or deny that extensibility is still
possible.

<%= Clinton Gallagher