Chapter 9. Office Settings

After creating an installation source on the network, as described in Chapter 7, you can customize Microsoft Office 2003 Editions before distributing it to users’ computers. You can configure which Office features are available and specify default settings for most options, for example. This chapter describes how to customize Office 2003 Editions for distribution.

In this chapter:

Customization Methods

Customizing Features

Customizing Office Shortcuts

Adding Files to Office 2003

Customizing User Settings

Using the Profile Wizard

Using a Transform

Customizing Removal Behavior

Customizing Installation

Best Practices

Checklist

  • Have you documented the feature installation states and settings you want to configure? See Chapter 4, for ...

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