how many types of code signing certificates do I need?

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in Canada, website SSL certificates can be had for as low as US$10.
unfortunately, code signing certificates cost about 10 time as much,

one website mentions Vista compatibility ... this seems strange
because my assumption is they must support XP,
Vista, Windows 7, Server 2003, and Server 2008
or they would be useless.

https://secure.ksoftware.net/code_signing.html US$99
Support Platforms
Microsoft Authenticode.
Sign any Microsoft executable format
(32 and 64 bit EXE, DLL, OCX, DLL or any Active X control).
Signing hardware drivers is not currently supported.
Abode AIR. Sign any Adobe AIR application.
Java. Sign any JAR applet
Microsoft Office.
Sign any MS Office Macro or VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) file.
Mozilla. Sign any Mozilla Object file.
The implication is that a single code signing certificate
can do ALL of the above.

ksoftware actually discounts Commodo certificates
and the Commode website is unclear.

QUESTION:
Will ONE code signing certificate be enough
or do I need one for Microsoft executables,
and a second for things like Word and Excel macros?

my main goal is to sign things like vs2008 code snippets so that I can export them securely; however, I would like to be able to use the same code signing certificate for signing other items too.

Thank you ~~ regards, Gerry (Lowry)

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