Tag Archives: Office-2007

Disable Office User Interface Elements

Group Policy allows you to disable certain UI elements within Office applications, which you might want to do in the case of the Information Rights Management feature built into Office 2003 and 2007. I’m picking on IRM in this post … Continue reading

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Set Default Formats for New Office Documents from Windows Explorer

If you’re deploying Office 2007 and haven’t yet standardised on the new file formats, you’re probably already aware of how to set the default file formats via Group Policy, or using the Office Customization Tool to set the defaults before … Continue reading

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Installing Office 2007 on Terminal Server

When install Office 2007 on your Terminal Servers there are a few things you’ll need to be aware of. The first of which is that you will need an Enterprise or Volume License key, i.e. those keys that use Volume … Continue reading

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Deploying Office 2007 with Group Policy Startup Scripts

In a previous post I discussed what you need to do to start deploying Office 2007. In that post I referenced a page that Microsoft linked to, but have not actually posted (Use Group Policy to Assign Startup Scripts for … Continue reading

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Office 2007 Deployment via Group Policy

If you are looking at deploying Office 2007 via Group Policy you may have noticed that Microsoft have changed the game. Office 2007 is no longer deployed using transform files; it now uses Windows Installer patches (.MSP) or CONFIG.XML to … Continue reading

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