Best Practices

The following are best practices for customizing Office 2003 Editions:

  • Hide and lock feature installation states that you don’t want users to change. The Custom Installation Wizard allows you to lock down feature installation states to prevent users from changing them. For more information, see the section "Hiding and Locking Features" in this chapter.

  • Configure volatile settings late in the process. Configure settings that aren’t likely to change from installation to installation using the Custom Installation Wizard. Configure settings that are more likely to change using command-line options, a settings file, or an .ops file that you run after setup. Doing so makes updating these settings easier.

  • Customize workgroup paths instead ...

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