Customize setup for Office 2010

 

Applies to: Office 2010

Topic Last Modified: 2011-11-21

There are a variety of ways in which you can customize and configure an installation of Microsoft Office 2010.

To learn how, read the articles that are listed and described in the following table.

Article	Description
Customize Office 2010	Provides information and procedures to customize an installation of Office 2010.
Customize Setup before installing Office 2010	Provides information and procedures to customize Setup before installing Office 2010.
Configure feature installation states for Office 2010	Provides information and procedures to customize Setup to configure feature installation states.
Configure user settings for Office 2010	Provides information and procedures to configure Office 2010 user settings by using the Office Customization Tool (OCT).
Create Office 2010 configurations for different groups of users	Provides information and procedures to create unique configurations of Office 2010 for each group.
Import an Office 2010 Setup customization file	Provides information and procedures to import an OCT Setup customization file (.msp file) in Office 2010.
Configure a silent installation of Office 2010	Provides information and procedures for configuring a silent installation by using the Config.xml file.
Run arbitrary commands with installations of Office 2010	Provides information and procedures to customize Setup to run an arbitrary command or a lightweight executable to install an Office 2010 product.
Create custom configurations of Office 2010	Describes how to deploy an initial customized installation of Office 2010 to users in an organization.
View Office Customization Tool output in Office 2010	Provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic script that administrators can use to view the settings that are stored in Setup customization .msp files.
Deploy customizations of Office 2010 to users in the field	Describes how to create a customized Office 2010 installation image and make the installation files available on a DVD for users who work primarily in the field.
Deploy multiple Setup customization files	Describes how to use the Office Customization Tool to create an initial setup customization .msp file and import the .msp to create a second .msp file that includes all the settings in the original .msp file and additional applications and modified settings.