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How to deploy specific fonts in Office 2007. This applies to Word Outlook Excel Powerpoint and Access.
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over 5 years ago
by
EricAshton
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If you are looking to deploy these settings in the OCT, here is how to accomplish that. Attached is a .zip file with a sample Blank.potx (For PPT), Normal.dotm (For Word), and a reg file with the settings for Outlook, Excel, and Access. These sample...
Installing Office 2010 on a terminal server from MSDN/Technet and ensuring you are not missing the Outlook online archive and additional features
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
EricAshton
How to install Office 2010 media from MSDN/Technet on a terminal server and enable the missing features: How to obtain an MSDN Office 2010 key that will allow installation on a terminal server. 1. If you are an MSDN Subscriber, visit your MSDN Subscriptions...
When launching an Office 2010 application you receive “This copy of Microsoft Office is not activated”
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Sean Fr - MSFT
If you are running a volume licensed edition of Office 2010 and it needs to be activated, you may see this message when you open any Office 2010 application: This message means Office is failing to activate against a KMS host on your network. KMS activation...
How to manage the Start screen for all Microsoft Office 2013 applications
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
JalalB - MSFT
Overview Unlike earlier versions of Microsoft Office, the Microsoft Office 2013 applications, when started, show a Start screen similar to the following, rather than opening the default blank template: More Information You can use the Office...
How to automate the uninstallation of Office 2007 products via command line
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
EricAshton
When automating the removal of Office 2007, we need to call setup.exe to perform the work. Because Office 2007 is a multi-msi based product we cannot use msiexec for the installation, nor the uninstallation of Office 2007. http://technet.microsoft...
-Office 2007 customized install walkthrough-
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over 5 years ago
by
EricAshton
4
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-Office 2007 customized deployment walkthrough- In this walkthrough we will create a custom Office 2007 source. We will customize our Office 2007 installation via the config.xml and the Office Customization wizard. Become familiar with the following acronyms...
Managing Updates with Office 2013 Click-to-Run
Posted
10 months ago
by
Eric Wa-MSFT
1
Comment
The Click to Run Version of Office Pro Plus behaves differently than its MSI based counterpart. Tools like Microsoft Update and corresponding MSP files are not involved in software updates. Likewise, management tools like Windows Server Update Services...
When attempting to activate Office 2010 receiving error "An unspecified error has occurred. Your request cannot be processed at this time. Please try again later. (0x80070001)"
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
EricAshton
During activation of Office 2010 product you may experience the following error: If you receive this error it may be caused by missing the following reg key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1...
The new Update Now feature for Office 2013 Click-to-Run for Office365 and its associated command-line and switches
Posted
9 months ago
by
JalalB - MSFT
5
Comments
Background: The SP1 release of Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run for Office365 offers a new Update Now feature on the File | Accounts (backstage) page of each Office application: More Information: This new feature allows users to check...
Multiple Exchange accounts created in Outlook 2010 with existing Outlook profiles after upgrading from an earlier Office version using a custom MSP
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Eric Ellis [MSFT]
7/19/2011 UPDATE: This issue has been addressed in the Service Pack 1 (SP1) version of the Office Customization Tool (OCT). To prevent multiple Exchange accounts from being created in one profile when you upgrade users to Outlook 2010, you must...
You cannot open or create Office documents in SharePoint 2013 with Office 2010 and Office 2013 Products installed.
Posted
10 months ago
by
Eric Wa-MSFT
2
Comments
If your environment has Office 2010 installed and you install parts of or all of Office 2013, for example Lync 2013, you will not be able to open or create a new Office document from the SharePoint document library. You will get a blank page displayed...
Unable to activate Office 2007 over the Phone. "Installation ID invalid"
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over 5 years ago
by
EricAshton
Issue: Unable to activate over the internet. "Product has been activated too many times" Attempting to activate over the phone then also fails with "Installation ID is invalid" Resolution: -Step 1 Goto start, and then search or run...
How to install Office 2010 with a MAK key and have it perform an automatic activation attempt after install
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
EricAshton
1
Comment
By default when you install a volume license version of Office 2010 it will not ask for a product key. All Office 2010 client VL builds are pre-PID’ed with a single global product key. When you install Office 2010 VL without a product key it automatically...
New Group Policies introduced with the April 2014 update of Office 2013 Click-to-Run
Posted
8 months ago
by
JalalB - MSFT
4
Comments
Background: The SP1 for Office 2013 Click-to-Run introduced some new update capabilities to the product. In order to manage these new features, four new Group Policy settings were introduced with the April 2014 update for Office 2013 Click-to-Run ...
Customize Office 2007 by using the Config.xml
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over 5 years ago
by
EricAshton
1
Comment
If you are looking to customize Office 2007 you may be interested in using the config.xml for your customizations. Let’s break apart the config.xml and see what we can do with it. *note* this blog entry is a breakdown of this technet article . For more...
Getting invalid product key error when trying to input MAK key for Volume License version of Office 2010
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over 3 years ago
by
EricAshton
There are a couple common scenarios that occur that can cause an invalid product key error with Office 2010 volume license edition when attempting to install the VL MAK key. 1. After purchasing a Volume License edition of Office 2010, when...
How to deploy a customized normal.dotm with Office 2007
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over 5 years ago
by
EricAshton
2
Comments
This is only applicable if you are able to customize Office with the OCT. Retail copies of Office do not have the ability to use an OCT. Click on start, goto run. Type %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates , and hit enter. Right click on the normal.dotm...
Office 2013 installation hangs at "10% - Configuring..." when installing from a network share
Posted
over 2 years ago
by
Doak [MSFT]
4
Comments
The installation of the Office 2013 Click-to-Run version may appear to hang at "10% - Configuring..." when installing from a network share. The Click-to-Run installation uses a service to manage the virtual file system during the intial portion...
Office 2007 - Deploying Additional Languages
Posted
over 5 years ago
by
EricAshton
Today we will discuss the various methods available to deploy additional languages for Office 2007. Key ---------- MLP = Multi Language Pack LP = Language Pack When talking about adding additional languages to Office 2007 there are two topics to...
New Application Selection feature offered with the May 2014 update of Office 2013 Click-to-Run
Posted
7 months ago
by
JalalB - MSFT
6
Comments
Overview: The May 2014 update of the Office Deployment Tool along with the May 2014 update of Office 2013 Click-to-Run (Build 15.0.4615.1001) offers administrators the ability to customize the installation to select which application to not install...
How to automate the uninstallation of an Office patch programmatically
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
EricAshton
We can automate the silent uninstallation of Office patches via a command line like so: %windir%\System32\msiexec.exe /package {Office GUID} /uninstall {Patch GUID} /QN First we will need to determine what the GUID is for Office, and next what...
Office Click-to-Run command lines to automate a Quick and Online Repair in Office 2013
Posted
4 months ago
by
Andy Fe - MSFT
1
Comment
Background The June 2014 release (build 15.0.4623.1003 and later versions) of Office Click-to-Run from Office 365 allows you to automate both a quick and online repair of Office 2013. Note - if using an Office build lower than 15.0.4569.1007 you will...
How to automate the uninstallation of Office 2003 products
Posted
over 3 years ago
by
EricAshton
When automating the uninstallation of Office 2003, we can call msiexec to perform the work from a command line. Example syntax: msiexec /x {GUID} /qb *note* You could use /qb for an automated uninstall with a progress bar, or use /qn for a totally...
Managing Office 2010 Activations using the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT 2.0)
Posted
over 4 years ago
by
Sean Fr - MSFT
If you are deploying volume editions of Office 2010 using KMS or MAK activation, the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 2.0 can be used to manage activation for these products. In this video I walk you through using VAMT 2.0 to activate Office 2010...
Windows CMID is returned by OSPP.VBS script when running Office 2013 on Windows 8
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
JalalB - MSFT
BACKGROUND: As part of Office 2010 and Office 2013 KMS activation, one important step is to ensure that each client computer has a unique CMID. When systems are created from an image on which the OSPPREARM.EXE was not run, each target system ends up...
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