[Composer] Microsoft Office 2008 File Preferences

[Smith, William]

From: Cody Smedsrud <cody.smedsrud at successcharters.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:17:54 -0400

> I'm thinking the reason it doesn't work when imaging a new machine has
> something to do with the Office setup assistant that runs the first time you
> open one of the office apps.  Does anyone know of a way to set the Office 2008
> preferences when imaging a new machine?

Have a look at this blog post by Greg Neagle
<http://managingosx.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/managing-office-2008/>. You can
use the Managed Preferences in Casper 7.0 Suite to handle the file types
using the MCX settings he references. To prevent the Office Setup Assistant
will require that you also pre-populate the Microsoft User Data folder in
each user's folder as well as pre-configure (just copy) a
com.microsoft.office preference file.

Hope this helps!

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bill

William M. Smith, Technical Analyst
MCS IT
Merrill Communications, LLC
(651) 632-1492