Manage Office Add-Ins With Portable OfficeIns

Martin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:10:43 +0000

Microsoft Office add-ins are a great way to enhance the functionality of Microsoft’s popular Office program. The software program comes however only with a basic add-ins manager. Far better are third party Office add-ins manager like the previously reviewed Microsoft Office add-ins manager Enable Disable.

Another popular Office add-ins manager is the portable software program OfficeIns by Nirsoft. OfficeIns will automatically display all add-ins in its interface upon startup. Various information such as the name, description, software it is loaded in and startup type are displayed in the table. It is possible to sort the add-ins by every column which is especially great for sorting them by startup type or product.

One of the most important features of OfficeIns is the function to change the startup type of one or multiple add-ins. Additional options include the usual Nirsoft features like exporting data into html, txt or csv files, generating HTML reports or displaying advanced properties of add-ins.

OfficeIns is a portable software program that is compatible with most Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office versions.

Tags: microsoft-office, nirsoft, office, office add-ins, office add-ons, portable software, windows software

Microsoft Office Add-ins Manager

Martin — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:36:04 +0000

Add-ins are a great way of increasing the functionality of Microsoft Office. Some add-ins are compatible with all Microsoft Office programs while others only work in specific applications such as the email client Microsoft Outlook or the presentation software Microsoft PowerPoint. Microsoft Office does not however provide an easily accessible interface to manage all add-ins that are currently installed which is why Topalt’s EnableDisable, a startup manager for Microsoft Office add-ins, might come in handy. Not all add-ins are needed all the time and some even slow down the startup or performance of Microsoft Office programs.

The Office add-in startup manager provides the means to disable Microsoft Office add-ins comfortably. The program will display all add-ins, enabled or disabled, that are currently installed in Microsoft Office. It sorts the add-ins in tabs that refer to the Microsoft Office program that they are installed in. Displayed are tabs for Microsoft Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint and Word.

The listings contain checkboxes, the startup type of the individual add-in, its name and description. The Office add-in will be loaded if the checkbox is checked. All it takes to disable an add-in is to uncheck it in the program.

EnableDisable might also come in handy to permanently disable add-ins in Microsoft Office in case they are not needed at all. All in all a very straightforward comfortable tool to manage Microsoft Office add-ins.

Tags: access, enabledisable, excel, microsoft-office, office, office add-ins, outlook, powerpoint, word

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