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Is it possible to use Office Developer Tools in Visual studio express

I want to use C# to manage Excel read/write with the following method:
How to: Use COM Interop to Create an Excel Spreadsheet (C# Programming Guide)
Before using COM Interop API , most articles said that I should install Office Developer Tools . so ,is it possible to use Visual studio Express 2017 to fulfill its demands.If not, is there another way to manage excel read/write through C#? thanks!

PPT and Excel not generating in Office 2013

I am working on report automation project (Windows Application) and my dev environment have Visual Studio 2010 Professional version, Office 2013 installed.
I am using Microsoft Office Interop DLL files. I used below DLLs for Interop: Microsoft.CSharp.dll, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll, Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.dll. All these versions are 12.0.0.0.
This setting is working fine for Office 2010. But for Office 2013 it is messing.
Now let me describe how this reports gets generated. Firstly it creates an Excel file (which I consider as Intermediate file and it contains data and other charts is not generating the excel file), then from there we take those data to PPT file and make the expected output. I tried 14.0.0.0 versions for above mentioned dll also.
My application target framework is ".Net Framework 4 Client Profile", Platform Target "x86".
I can not use any paid library/DLL files.

there is a easy way to work with Excel, by using EPplus open source library you can create and read excel file easy
use below command in your package manage console
Install-Package EPPlus
for creating PPT files also this link will be helfull : How to use Automation to create and to show a PowerPoint

Visual Studio 2013 Excel Workbook

Visual Studio 2013 seems to offer the ability to create C# enabled workbooks (not add-ins or templates). I don't see anyone talking about it online. My guess is that it is used to create a workbook where C# replaces VBA. I'm wondering if I can use this to create a workbook that publishes live data from my C# program to the spreadsheet. I'm also wondering how to manually add a spreadsheet like this to a project.

Can I create a custom excel document level ribbon without VS

I need to create a custom Excel 2010 ribbon (document level).
I have no Visual Studio, but have Visual C# 2010 express
If this is possible, please give me some gudelines.

You can customize the ribbon in Excel or any Office application without using Visual Studio, instead using a combination of XML and VBA.
A good starting-point for customizing the ribbon: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa338202%28v=office.12%29.aspx (The title says Office 2007 but it will work for Office 2010 as well)
There is a free application that helps you design and validate the XML to modify the ribbon called the "Custom UI Editor For Microsoft Office": http://openxmldeveloper.org/blog/b/openxmldeveloper/archive/2006/05/25/customuieditor.aspx

Actually you have Visual Studio, but Express Edition and it shouldn't make any difference at this point ;)
I don't get your point about "Excel 2010 ribbon". I think that this is handled by Excel 2010 and it's part of User Interface of Office 2010, so if you open any Excel file in 2010 version you'll get ribbons. You can customize Office 2010 Ribbon and creating Excel files can be done in a lot of different ways i.e. using OpenXML, Microsoft Office Interop. Each has advantages and disadvantages.

Can I write an excel add-in using Xcode?

I've written several very helpful excel add-ins using VBA. I'm using Excel for Mac 2011 Version 14.2.2 (120421). I'd like to sell the add-ins via a web site. Can I write the add-ins in Xcode or do I have to use C#?

From Microsoft Support:
In Office 2011 for Mac, there is no concept of add-ins. So using Excel Add-In is not possible...
You'll need to use VBA or AppleScript to emulate the same behavior.