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Problems related to KB973475 and KB973593

Hi All,
Many users (including customers of mine) have experienced trouble with two recent security updates by Microsoft, see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973475
and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973593
There seem to be two hotfixes to this problem:
KB973475 Excel 2003 hotfix package :
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=978908&kbln=en-us
KB973593 Excel 2007 hotfix package :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;978522
If you experience problems with your Excel, check if you have this update and if so, download the hotfix.
For other [...]

Hello World Button on a Ribbon

Many of my spreadsheets use Excel 2003 Commandbars for application control.
Having loaded these spreadsheets into Excel 2007, I see my commandbars presented on the Add-In tab of the Ribbon.
I’m a late starter with Excel 2007 ribbons, but I guess it’s time to move.
I’ve found that the various guides on the Internet tend to throw you [...]

Preventing auto_open and Workbook_Open events from running

As a fulltime developer I oftentimes open files containing VBA and want to be able to run code. At the same time I sometimes want to prevent Workbook_Open event code or an Auto_Open macro from running.
With Excel 97 to 2003, this was simple: hold the shift key when you click “Enable macros”.
With Excel 2007 and [...]

Using VBScript to monitor Office events…or not

I spent an unexpectedly long time trying to figure out how to monitor Office events using VBScript and this post shares my experience, largely disappointing. The below scenarios were tested with Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 as well as with Windows 7 Ultimate and Office 2010 Beta.
This is about using VBScript through the Windows [...]

The Mystery of the Disappearing Range Name

Hi all,
As some of you may be aware, Excel 2007 has been exhibiting an obscure but very annoying bug. On some rare occasions, Range Names may disappear from your workbook after saving it.
I have never been able to detect any pattern in this behaviour, it just happens on and off.
I’m happy to say Microsoft created [...]

Tip: Updates for Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Help

Hi all
Today I talked about the search results from the Excel 2007 help (Offline) with a fellow MVP. Our results where different, my results were correct and useful but his results on the same search topic were useless. The reason why we have different search results is because that I have installed the help update [...]

Hide or display Custom Ribbon Tabs, Groups or Controls with VBA code

Hi all
Today I upload a new page with examples to Hide or display Custom Tabs, Groups or Controls with VBA code
Hide or Display Custom Ribbon Tab/Group/Control with getVisible
http://www.rondebruin.nl/hidevisible.htm
If you have suggestions to make the examples better please let me know.
I am no expert but love to try new stuff like this.
Regards Ron de Bruin
http://www.rondebruin.nl/tips.htm

Adding RibbonX code to an Office OpenXML file using VBA

My previous post went a bit unnoticed, but I bet this one might interest some of the Office developers…
In that post, I showed how to access and modify existing parts of an Office OpenXML package. This opens up the path for us to add ribbon customisation code to an Office file. For this to happen, [...]