Here are three examples of excellent commercial-quality add-ins that work with Mac Office.

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This software is used in classrooms, quiz shows, marketing studies, and more.

Almost all add-ins can be made Mac-compatible with a little effort, but you may have to request the developer of a nonfunctioning add-in to make that extra effort.

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If you want to make an add-in available to all Mac OS X user accounts on a computer, put them into Applications:Microsoft Office 14:Office:Add-Ins.

The Documents folder is a good place to put add-ins to be used by a particular OS X user account.

Because making an installer is an art of its own and takes extra time and effort on the add-in developers part, you install most add-ins manually using the Add-Ins dialog in Office.

You can add such a template to the Templates and Add-Ins dialog.

In PowerPoint and Excel, an add-in has a special file extension and is not necessarily a template.

Loading also runs the add-in.

Available only in Excel and PowerPoint.).

Unloading disables the add-in.

Revisit the Templates and Add-Ins dialog to re-load your template(s).

To disable an add-in, deselect its check box or click the Remove button.

When you close Excel or PowerPoint, add-ins that were loaded at closing reload themselves when you reopen the application.

His business is creating professional presentations and templates, and he manages the PowerPoint sites indezine.com and ppted.com.

James Gordon is a Microsoft MVP for Macintosh, creator of the InsertPicture add-in for Mac PowerPoint, and an Office trainer.

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