Introduction

This is a very simple add-in that adds a button to the Review tab's Proofing group, allowing the user to have Excel read the selected cells back to them aloud.

In truth, this add-in does not really add any functionality that has not existed before. In Excel 2003 and earlier, you could find this ability under Tools-->Speech-->Show Text to Speech Toolbar. But for some reason no button was put in Excel 2007 to give you the ability to have Excel speak your cell contents back to you. This simple Excel 2007 add-in gives you back the ability to quickly locate this functionality.

XLG Favourites

This add-in was created to increase the functionality of Excel and address some shortcomings in the "Most Recently Used Files" listing. While we can increase the list to hold 9 items, I frequently use more than that many files during one of our month ends. It's also well known that long file names get abbreviated and difficult to read. This add-in addresses these issues, among other things.

The work is based very closely on the original "Favorites Add-in" created and published by Daniel Klann. It was his idea to create a menu to hold a list of favorite items. There were two main reasons that I put my own spin on this add-in:

Templates Addin

This addin was created to increase the functionality of Excel, and make it easier to use templates in the MS Office system. I use a lot of templates, and got tired of having to make up to six clicks to open one. Now, I have a menu that holds all of my MS Office templates (not just Excel), only three clicks away.

Features:

1. Adds a menu to hold all Excel, Word and Powerpoint templates.
2. Open any MS Office template right from Excel. (No more guessing what application you built it in!)
3. Adds a separate submenu for each folder in your templates directory to keep them organized.