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01/10/2017

Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool updates for the 2007 Office system

Updated: August 6, 2009

Applies To: Office Resource Kit

This Office product will reach end of support on October 10, 2017. To stay supported, you will need to upgrade. For more information, see , Resources to help you upgrade your Office 2007 servers and clients.

Topic Last Modified: 2016-11-14

In this article:

Overview of new and updated Group Policy and OCT settings
New settings
Updated settings
Removed settings
Files included in this download
How to install the updates

Overview of new and updated Group Policy and OCT settings

This article contains information about the new and updated 2007 Microsoft Office system Group Policy and Office Customization Tool (OCT) settings that are included in the 2007 Office system (SP2) Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=144523) release.

The download includes an \Admin folder that contains an updated Office Customization Tool (OCT) and ADMX and ADML versions of the 2007 Office system Administrative Template files for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.

Also included is an updated Microsoft Office Excel 2007 workbook (Office2007GroupPolicyAndOCTSettings.xls) that provides information about all of the 2007 Office system Group Policy settings and OPA settings.

This article lists the new, updated, and removed settings in three tables. Unless otherwise noted, you will find Group Policy settings under the User Configuration/Administrative Templates node of the Group Policy Object Editor and OCT settings on the Modify user settings page of the OCT.

Important

If you have previously configured any of the Group Policy settings affected by this update, you must set those policy settings to their Not Configured state before you remove the previous 2007 Office system ADM files and load the updated version 3 ADM files. This removes the registry key information for the policy setting from the registry. This is because if an .adm file is removed, the settings that correspond to the .adm file do not appear in Group Policy Object Editor; however, the policy settings that are configured from the .adm file remain in the Registry.pol file and continue to apply to the appropriate target client or user. This also applies to any policy settings that you had previously configured that are listed in “Removed settings” later in this article.
To obtain information about the policy settings that are currently in effect for the Group Policy object (GPO) linked to the domain or organizational unit that contains a given computer or user, you can use Group Policy Results in Group Policy Management Console. To access Group Policy Results data for a user or computer, you must have Read Group Policy Results data permission on the domain or organizational unit that contains the user or computer, or you must be a member of the Administrators group on the targeted local computer.
For information about Group Policy Management Console, see the “Using Group Policy Management Console and Group Policy Object Editor” section in Enforce settings by using Group Policy in the 2007 Office system. For more information about how to report by using Group Policy Results, see Reporting on GPO Settings (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=104725) and Determine Resultant Set of Policy with Group Policy Results (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=104724).

New settings

The following table lists the Group Policy and OCT settings that are new in this release. All new settings included in this release (with one exception) address OpenDocument file formats in the 2007 Office system. For more information about the Group Policy and OCT settings that address OpenDocument file formats, see Group Policy and Office Customization Tool settings that address OpenDocument Format and Open XML Formats in the 2007 Office system.

Application	Setting name	Group Policy Object Editor location	OCT location	Notes
Excel	Block opening of OpenDocument spreadsheet (.ods) file types	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Block file formats\Open	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Block saving of OpenDocument spreadsheet (.ods) file types	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Block file formats\Save	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Turn on an external converter as the default for a file extension	Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (Machine)\Converters Note You will find this setting under the Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates node of the Group Policy Object Editor.	Microsoft Office Excel 2007 (Machine)\Converters
	Turn off import converters for Excel	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Block file formats\Open\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Turn off export converters for Excel	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Block file formats\Save\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Block specific export converters based on class ID (CLSID)	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Block file formats\Save\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.	A known issue exists for this policy setting; however, a workaround is available. For more information, see “Important” note following this table.
	Suppress file format compatibility dialog box for OpenDocument spreadsheet format	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Excel Options\Save	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Excel Options\Save
PowerPoint	Block opening of OpenDocument presentation (.odp) file types	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007\Block file formats\Open	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Block saving of OpenDocument presentation (.odp) file types	Microsoft Office PowerPoint2007\Block file formats\Save	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Turn on an external converter as the default for a file extension	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 \Block File Formats\Open\Converters Note This policy setting will be available only if you clear the Only show policy settings that can be fully managed check box. To find this option, from the menu, click View, and then click Filtering.	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Turn off import converters for PowerPoint	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007\Block file formats\Open\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Turn off export converters for PowerPoint	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007\Block file formats\Save\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Block specific export converters based on class ID (CLSID)	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007\Block file formats\Save\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.	A known issue exists for this policy setting; however, a workaround is available. For more information, see “Important” note following this table.
	Suppress file format compatibility dialog box for OpenDocument presentation format	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007\PowerPoint Options\Save	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007\PowerPoint Options\Save
Word	Block opening of OpenDocument text (.odt) file types	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Block file formats\Open	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Block saving of OpenDocument text (.odt) file types	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Block file formats\Save	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Turn on an external converter as the default for a file extension policy for Microsoft Office Word	Microsoft Office Word 2007 (Machine)\Converters Note You will find this setting under the Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates node of the Group Policy Object Editor.	Microsoft Office Word 2007 (Machine)\Converters
	Turn off import converters for Word	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Block file formats\Open\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Turn off export converters for Word	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Block file formats\Save\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.
	Block specific import converters based on class ID (CLSID)	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Block file formats\Open\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.	A known issue exists for this policy setting; however, a workaround is available. For more information, see “Important” note following this table.
	Block specific export converters based on class ID (CLSID)	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Block file formats\Save\Converters	This setting is not available in the OCT.	A known issue exists for this policy setting; however, a workaround is available. For more information, see “Important” note following this table.
	Suppress file format compatibility dialog box for OpenDocument text format	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Word Options\Save	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Word Options\Save
Office 2007 Converters	Do not show conversion message on open Note This setting does not address OpenDocument file formats.	Office 2007 Converters\Microsoft Office Word	This setting is not available in the OCT.

Important

The following policy settings do not function as expected because of a registry issue:

Block specific import converters based on class ID (CLSID)
Block specific export converters based on class ID (CLSID)

The issue is that a registry key for the converter that is type REG_SZ is created, when it should be type DWORD. To work around this issue, you can manually create a registry key for the converter:

Open the registry (Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK).
Under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, right-click either the Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\ [Word|Excel|PPT]\Security\FileOpenBlock\OOXML Converters (if you are using the import version of the policy setting) or Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\[Word|Excel|PPT]\Security\FileSaveBlock\OOXML Converters (if you are using the export version of the policy setting) key.
Click New, and then click DWORD (32-bit) value.
For the name of the new registry key, type the name of the converter, and then press Enter.
Double-click to open the new key.
In the Value data box, type 1 if you want to block the converter, or type 0 if you want to allow the converter, and then click OK.

Updated settings

The following table lists the Group Policy and OCT settings that have been updated in this release.

Removed settings

The following table lists the Group Policy and OCT settings that have been removed from this release.

Application	Setting name	Group Policy Object Editor location	OCT location	Notes
Excel	Recognize Smart Tags	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Miscellaneous	Microsoft Office Excel 2007\Miscellaneous	This setting is a duplicate of a setting of the same name that resides under Office 2007 System\Tools \| Autocorrect Options…(Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Access)\Smart Tags.
Outlook	Turn off Enable the Person Names Smart Tag option	Microsoft Office Outlook 2007\Tools\|Options…\Other\Person Names	Microsoft Office Outlook 2007\Tools\|Options…\Other\Person Names	This setting was named incorrectly and had been assigned an incorrect registry key.
	Modify number of changed items included in SharePoint client page download	Microsoft Office Outlook 2007\Tools\|Account Settings\SharePoint Lists	Microsoft Office Outlook 2007\Tools\|Account Settings\SharePoint	This setting is a duplicate (listed twice).
PowerPoint	Custom Answer Wizard database path	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007\Miscellaneous	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007\Miscellaneous	This setting is obsolete in the 2007 Office system.
Word	Save smart tags in e-mail	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Word Options\Advanced\E-mail Options	Microsoft Office Word 2007\Word Options\Advanced\E-mail Options	This setting is obsolete in the 2007 Office system.

Files included in this download

This download contains the following folders and files:

Office2007GroupPolicyAndOCTSettings.xls

AdminTemplates.exe

\ADMX: The ADMX folder contains XML-based versions (.admx or .adml files) of the Administrative Template files for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Administrative template files in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista are divided into ADMX (language-neutral) and ADML (language-specific) files. By default, the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions folder on a local computer stores all ADMX files. ADML files are stored in language-specific folders under the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions folder. Each language subfolder contains the .adml files for that language; for example, the English language ADML files would be stored in the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions\en-us folder. Languages included are Chinese Simplified (People’s Republic of China), Chinese (Hong Kong SAR), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. The files stored in the \ADMX folder are:

access12.admx

cpao12.admx

excel12.admx

groove12.admx

ic12.admx

inf12.admx

office12.admx

onent12.admx

outlk12.admx

ppt12.admx

proj12.admx

pub12.admx

spd12.admx

visio12.admx

word12.admx

\de-de: Contains the German language version of the .adml files.

\en-us: Contains the English language version of the .adml files.

access12.adml

cpao12.adml

excel12.adml

groove12.adml

ic12.adml

inf12.adml

office12.adml

onent12.adml

outlk12.adml

ppt12.adml

proj12.adml

pub12.adml

spd12.adml

visio12.adml

word12.adml

\es-es: Contains the Spanish language version of the .adml files.

\fr-fr: Contains the French language version of the .adml files.

\it-it: Contains the Italian language version of the .adml files.

\ja-jp: Contains the Japanese language version of the .adml files.

\ko-kr: Contains the Korean language version of the .adml files.

\zh-cn: Contains the Chinese Simplified (People's Republic of China) language version of the .adml files.

\zh-tw: Contains the Chinese (Hong Kong SAR) language version of the .adml files.

\ADM: Contains the updated .adm files. Each of the language subfolders contains the .adm files for that language. For example, the en-us subfolder contains the English-US version of the .adm files. Languages included are Chinese Simplified (People’s Republic of China), Chinese (Hong Kong SAR), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.

\de-de: Contains the German language version of the .adm files.

\en-us

access12.adm

cpao12.adm

excel12.adm

groove12.adm

ic12.adm

inf12.adm

office12.adm

onent12.adm

outlk12.adm

ppt12.adm

proj12.adm

pub12.adm

spd12.adm

visio12.adm

word12.adm

\es-es: Contains the Spanish language version of the .adm files.

\fr-fr: Contains the French language version of the .adm files.

\it-it: Contains the Italian language version of the .adm files.

\ja-jp: Contains the Japanese language version of the .adm files.

\ko-kr: Contains the Korean language version of the .adm files.

\zh-cn: Contains the Chinese Simplified (People's Republic of China) language version of the .adm files.

\zh-tw: Contains the Chinese (Hong Kong SAR) language version of the .adm files.

\Admin: Contains the updated OPA files, oct.dll, and octca.dll files. These files contain all previous hotfix updates that affected the OCT. For more information, see Description of the 2007 Office system hotfix package: October 28, 2008 and Description of the 2007 Office system hotfix package (OCT): December 16, 2008. Each of the language subfolders contains the .opa files for that language, the Office Customization Help file (OCT.chm), and octres.dll files. For example, the en-us subfolder contains the English-US version of these files. Languages included are Chinese Simplified (People’s Republic of China), Chinese (Hong Kong SAR), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish.

oct.dll

octca.dll

\de-de: Contains the German language version of the files in the \en-us subfolder.

\en-us: Contains the .opa files, oct.chm Help file, and octres.dll files.

access12.opa

cpao12.opa

excel12.opa

groove12.opa

ic12.opa

inf12.opa

office12.opa

onent12.opa

outlk12.opa

ppt12.opa

proj12.opa

pub12.opa

spd12.opa

visio12.opa

word12.opa

oct.chm Help file

octres.dll

\es-es: Contains the Spanish language version of the .opa, oct.chm, and octres.dll files.

\fr-fr: Contains the French language version of the .opa, oct.chm, and octres.dll files.

\it-it: Contains the Italian language version of the .opa, oct.chm, and octres.dll files.

\ja-jp: Contains the Japanese language version of the .opa, oct.chm, and octres.dll files.

\ko-kr: Contains the Korean language version of the .opa, oct.chm, and octres.dll files.

\zh-cn: Contains the Chinese Simplified (People's Republic of China) language version of the .opa, oct.chm, and octres.dll files.

\zh-tw: Contains the Chinese (Hong Kong SAR) language version of the .opa, oct.chm, and octres.dll files.

For information about how to download these updates, see 2007 Office system (SP2) Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=144523).

For information about how to use the ADM files, see the “2007 Office System Administrative Template Files” and “Using Group Policy Management Console and Group Policy Object Editor” sections in Enforce settings by using Group Policy in the 2007 Office system.

For information about how to use ADMX files for Windows Vista, see Managing Group Policy ADMX Files Step-by-Step Guide (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=75124).

For information about how to use the Office Customization Tool, see Office Customization Tool in the 2007 Office system and Create different configurations of the 2007 Office system for different groups of users.

How to install the updates

To install the updated settings for Group Policy and the OCT, first download the 2007 Office system (SP2) Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=144523) release, and then and follow the download instructions to extract the files to your local computer. You can then perform any of the following tasks.

Load the ADM template files

To open the Group Policy Object Editor, click Start, click Run, type gpedit.msc, and then click Enter.
In the console tree, under User Configuration, click Administrative Templates.
From the menu, click Action, and then click Add/Remove Templates.
In the Add/Remove Templates box, click Add, and then browse to and double-click the ADM folder that you downloaded as part of the update release.
Double-click the folder that contains the ADM files in the language you intend to use; for example, for English ADM files, this is the en-us folder.
Select all the .adm files in the dialog box, click Open, choose to copy and replace files when prompted, and then click Close.
Access the newly updated ADM templates in the Group Policy Object Editor by opening the Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) folder in the console tree.

Load the ADMX and ADML templates

Open the downloaded ADMX folder, and then select all of the files and subfolders within it.
Copy the selected files and then paste them into the %systemroot%\PolicyDefinitions folder.
Access the newly updated Administrative Templates in the Group Policy Object Editor in the console tree, under User Configuration – Administrative Templates.

Update the OCT

Replace the /Admin folder in your 2007 Office system installation files or installation image with the downloaded Admin folder.

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