Question : How can we manually create a missing add in button between Word 2007 and a third party application?

Hi everyone,

we have a third party application which we installed on a new computer with Word 2007. On the old computer there was a add in, in Word 2007 TO that application (to export the Word file to that database). Now we are missing that button. Perhaps it is possible to add it in Word by referencing to a file (.TLB / .OCX / .DLL) from the installation folder.

Anyone any ideas?

Answer : How can we manually create a missing add in button between Word 2007 and a third party application?

It may very well be that whatever was working in Excel 2000 is  not supported in 2007. Microsoft's policy is to support the current version (2010) and one version before that (i.e. 2007).

If the company that provided the add-in for Excel 2000 has folded since, I'm afraid you're on pretty thin ice.

Presuming that the add-in was VBA code, it is very probable that the code does not work as expected with Excel 2007. Although there is a certain degree of backwards compatibility, Excel 2007 introduced the ribbon, and access to add-ins had changed a big deal.

You could try to locate the add-in via the Excel Options (found under the Office Globe) - Add-ins - Manage - Go button - browse to the folder where the Add-in is stored and then select and install it this way.

If that does not work, you probably need to look for an alternative to the add-in.

cheers, teylyn