Microsoft 79G-03775 - Manuals

2 Plan volume activation of Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals You can plan the deployment of Office Activation Technologies for volume activation of Office 2013 Preview in several steps. Before you read this article, we recommend that you read Volume activation overview for Office 2010...

3  You do not have to enter a product key for Office 2013 Preview KMS clients. You only have to enter a KMS host key on your KMS host computer.  If you decide to use MAK, enter the product key either through the Office Customization Tool (OCT) or the Config.xml file. After Office 2013 Preview inst...

4 connect to the KMS host for activation by using anonymous remote procedure calls (RPCs) through TCP communications port 1688 , which is the default port number when you enable the firewall on a KMS host. You can either use the default settings, which require little or no administrative action, or ...

5  Windows Server 2008 R2 Publication of the KMS service The KMS service uses service (SRV) resource records (RRs) in DNS to store and communicate the locations of KMS hosts. KMS hosts use dynamic updates, if available, to publish the KMS SRV RRs. If dynamic updates are not available, or if the KMS...

6 organizations can deploy merely two KMS hosts for their whole infrastructure (one main KMS host and one backup host for redundancy). KMS activation renewal KMS activations are valid for 180 days. This is called the activation validity interval . To remain activated, KMS clients must renew their ac...

7  MAK Independent Activation MAK independent activation requires that each computer independently connect and be activated with Microsoft, either over the Internet or by telephone. MAK independent activation is best suited for computers in an organization that does not maintain a connection to the...

8 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Office 2010, and Office 2013 Preview. In addition, VAMT 3.0 supports Active Directory-Based activation. The following features are either new, or updated, in VAMT 3.0:  User interface. The updated user interface makes volume activation and licens...

9 Important: KMS hosts that were set up by using the Office 2013 Preview release cannot be used to activate client computers that run the final release version of Office 2013 Preview. To activate these client computers, you can either run the release version of Microsoft Office 2013 KMS Host License...

10 not have administrator permissions to activate with MAK by setting the appropriate registry key in the deployments or in the master image: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\OfficeSoftwareProtectionPlatform\UserOperations = 1 This registry key can also be set through the ospp.vbs script. For m...

11 Volume activation methods in Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals Three volume activation (VA) methods are available for Office 2013 Preview:  Key Management Service (KMS)  Multiple Activation Key (MAK)  Active Directory-Based activation KMS and MAK are supported on Windows 7 and Wi...

13 Generic Volume License Keys (GVLKs) for Office 2013 Preview Product GVLK Office 2013 Professional Plus PGD67-JN23K-JGVWV-KTHP4-GXR9G Project 2013 Professional NFKVM-DVG7F-TYWYR-3RPHY-F872K Visio 2013 Professional B3C7Q-D6NH2-2VRFW-HHWDG-FVQB6 For more information about KMS and MAK, see Plan volum...

15 Customize installations of Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals The following table includes links to articles about the customization process and about how to customize specific installations of Office 2013 Preview. Articles about how to customize Office 2013 Preview Article Descripti...

16 Customize Setup before installing Office 2013 Audience : IT Professionals To customize Setup for Windows Installer-based Office 2013 Preview, follow the procedures in this article before you begin the installation. In Office 2013 Preview (as in Office 2010 and Office 2007), Setup controls the com...

17 deployment tool, such as Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, or to create a hard-disk image or a custom DVD. Make sure that access to Office 2013 Preview source files is read-only. The Setup.xml and Package .xml files, such as ProPlusWW.xml for Office Professional 2013 Preview, ar...

20 caused the failure. To change logging options, open the Config.xml file in Notepad and modify the <Logging> element. For more information, see Config.xml file in Office 2013 Preview . Install Office silently When you deploy Office throughout an organization, you determine how much of the Se...

21 Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals To customize an installation of Office 2013 Preview, you can use the Office Customization Tool (OCT) to perform tasks such as the following:  Specifying installation options  Customizing how Office applications a...

22 If you use the OCT to change an existing .msp customization file, we recommend that you select the .msp file for the same product that you customize. For example, if you customize Office Professional Plus 2013 Preview, select an Office Professional Plus 2013 Preview customization .msp file. Note:...

24 Office Customization Tool options Section Page Setup Installation location and organization name Additional network sources Licensing and user interface Remove previous installations Add installations and run programs Office security settings Modify Setup properties Features Modify user settings ...

31 None prevents prompting users in these cases. The Suppress modal option does not prevent files-in-use messages from being displayed; only Display level set to None prevents files-in-use messages from being displayed.  Completion notice Select this check box if you want Setup to display a message...

32 By default, Setup removes earlier versions of Office applications. To keep an installed Office application, choose Remove previous installations in the OCT, and, in the results pane, select Remove the following earlier versions of Microsoft Office programs , in the list select the Office applicat...

33 Note: Do not add a program that requires the computer to be restarted, unless it is the last program in the list. If a custom program restarts the computer, the Office installation will be complete. However, the custom programs that appear later in this list will not run. Command-lines that are e...

34 Office security settings Customize the security settings for Office applications. Important: Security settings specified in a Setup customization (.msp) file provide only initial default settings on users' computers. Users can change the settings after installation. To help lock down and enforce ...

37 Modify Setup properties Modify Setup properties that are applied during the Office installation. You can customize Setup properties only when you first install Office on a user's computer. Properties set in a customization file do not take effect if you apply the file to an existing installation....

38  Microsoft OneNote 2013  Microsoft Outlook 2013  Microsoft PowerPoint 2013  Microsoft Project 2013  Microsoft Publisher 2013  Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2013  Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2013  Microsoft Visio 2013  Microsoft Word 2013 Some applications also provide computer setting...

40 Note: The following subcomponents of Publisher 2013 Preview are not visible in the Setup feature installation state tree in the Office 2013 Preview release:  Commercial Printing and the Enhanced RGB to CMYK Conversion subcomponent  Font Schemes  PaperDirect Previews  Publisher Templates and t...

41 Tip: The best use of the Hide setting is to simplify the feature tree for users. For example, you might hide the Office Tools branch of the feature tree so that users do not have to decide which tools they need to install. Only the tools that you select are installed. Note: If you set the Hidden ...

43 Remove files Remove files from users' computers when Office is installed. To create a list of files to remove from the user's computer during installation, choose Add . To modify the path or name of a file, select the file in the Remove files list and choose Modify . To remove a file from the lis...

44 To create a list of registry entries to add to users' computers, choose Add . To change an entry in the list, select the entry and choose Modify . To remove an entry from the list, select the entry and choose Remove . Choose Import to add a set of entries from a registry file (.reg file). If an e...

45 Setting Description Key Enter the name of the subkey where the entry is stored. For example, Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common . Create empty key Select this check box if the registry entry does not contain a value name or value data. Some settings are determined by the presence or absence of...

48 Virtual key names and hexadecimal key codes Virtual Key Name Key Code (Hex) Description VK_0 – VK_9 30-39 Keys 0-9 VK_A – VK_Z 41-5A Keys A-Z VK_NUMPAD0 – VK_NUMPAD9 60-69 Keys 0-9 on the numeric keypad VK_F1 ... VK_F24 70-87 Function keys F1-F24 VK_LBUTTON 01 Left mouse button VK_RBUTTON 02 Righ...

49 Virtual Key Name Key Code (Hex) Description VK_HELP 2F HELP key VK_MULTIPLY 6A Multiply key VK_ADD 6B Add key VK_SEPARATOR 6C Separator key VK_SUBTRACT 6D Subtract key VK_DECIMAL 6E Decimal key VK_DIVIDE 6F Divide key VK_NUMLOCK 90 NUM LOCK key VK_SCROLL 91 SCROLL LOCK key Outlook Use the Outlook...

50 Setting Description with the second option, Outlook creates a profile that is based on the options that you choose in the other Outlook sections of the OCT. Outlook uses the default profile name or uses the profile name that you specify. New profile Create a new profile on the user’s computer and...

51 have unique names. The following table shows how Outlook determines whether a new account of the same type as an existing account can be added to the Setup customization file. Adding additional accounts Account type More than one of this type allowed? Data used to determine whether conflict exist...

53 Cached Mode Use the following options to configure users' Outlook profiles to use a local copy of the Exchange mailbox. Cached Mode options Option Description Do not configure Cached Exchange Mode By default, Exchange mailboxes can be accessed from the Exchange Server computer, instead of being c...

54 Choose the Export Profile Settings button to save the Outlook profile settings that you have defined in a .prf file. Tip: An efficient way to create an Outlook .prf file is to use the OCT to make selections and then export them to a .prf file, even if you are not using a Setup customization file ...

55 Modify Group dialog box When you change a group, select from the following options in the Modify Group dialog box and then choose OK . Select the options shown in the following table under Select options for this Send/Receive group . Send/Receive settings for the selected group Option Description...

57 details are not included in the offline address book. This is a legacy option that is supported by Outlook Address book (OAB) versions 2.0 and 3.0. If Outlook connects to a server that supports OAB 4.0 or a later version, the full details are downloaded even if this option is selected. Downloadin...

59 Config.xml element quick reference The following table lists the Config.xml elements. These elements can appear in any order, except for Configuration element , which must be first, and elements such as Command element , whose order in Config.xml affects how they are processed during installation...

60 Element Description SetupUpdates element The search path for Setup to use to find Setup customization files USERINITIALS element The initials of the user on whose computer the product is being installed USERNAME element The name of the user on whose computer the product is being installed How Set...

62 The Display options in the previous example direct Setup to run a silent installation, to prevent users from being prompted to enter information, and to prevent the installation from waiting for any user interaction. Config.xml element reference The following conventions are used in the descripti...

64 Attribute Value Description AddLanguage element is specified, one (and only one) language must specify the ShellTransform element. Remarks The language must be available on the network installation point. You can have multiple elements for AddLanguage and RemoveLanguage element . If both the Remo...

66 Attribute Value Description No (default) Allows users to remove the product. ARPURLINFOABOUT URL URL for the product's home page. ARPURLUPDATEINFO URL URL for information about product updates. ARPHELPLINK URL URL of a website where users can receive technical support. ARPHELPTELEPHONE text Telep...

67 Command attributes Attribute Value Description Path path Fully qualified path of the executable file. If the path value contains a space, you must use double quotation marks as shown in the following example: " \\server\share\Office 14\copylogs.bat " QuietArg string String of arguments to...

75 If you specify INSTALLLOCATION element , the drive designation in the path is used to determine on what drive the LIS is created. For example, if the INSTALLLOCATION element path is E:\office\files , the LIS is created on drive E. The sources listed by the SOURCELIST attribute are kept with the i...

82 3. In the Value box, type 1 , and then click OK . The Setting element supports the REMOVEPREVIOUS property. This property removes the specified application from the installation and uses the following syntax. <Setting Id="REMOVEPREVIOUS" Value=" Option Id " /> where Option I...

83 Attributes The following table describes SetupUpdates element attributes and values. SetupUpdates attributes Attribute Value Description CheckForSUpdates Yes (default) Setup uses the path list in SUpdateLocation to find Setup customization files. No Setup does not search for Setup customization f...

88 /repair [ProductID] Runs Setup to repair the specified product from the user’s computer. Look up the value of [ProductID] in the Setup.xml file for the product that you want to modify. Example \\server\share\Office15\setup.exe /repair ProPlus where:  Office15 is the root of the network installat...

89  ProPlus is the [ProductID] ( [ProductID] is equal to the ID attribute of the Setup element listed in \\server\share\Office15\ProPlus.WW\setup.xml ), where ProPlus.WW is the location of the Office Professional Plus 2013 Preview installation files. You can customize the /uninstall option by using...

90 Customize the Accessibility Checker for Office 2013 Preview The Accessibility Checker in Office 2013 Preview lets users create more accessible documents for people who have disabilities. The Accessibility Checker (like a spelling checker, but for accessibility issues) is a core feature of Excel 2...

91 Group Policy settings for Excel 2013 Preview Setting for Excel 2013 Preview Associated registry key Description Stop checking for alt text accessibility information AltText If enabled, the Accessibility Checker does not determine whether objects such as images and shapes contain alternative text....

93 Group Policy settings for PowerPoint 2013 Preview Setting for PowerPoint 2013 Preview Associated registry key Description Stop checking for alt text accessibility information AltText If enabled, the Accessibility Checker does not determine whether objects such as images and shapes contain alt tex...

96 Group Policy settings for Word 2013 Preview Setting for Word 2013 Preview Associated registry key Description Stop checking for alt text accessibility information AltText If enabled, the Accessibility Checker does not determine whether objects such as images and shapes contain alt text. If disabl...

100 Roll out Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals The following table lists and describes articles that will help you deploy Office 2013 Preview. Articles about rolling out Office 2013 Preview Article Description Setup architecture overview for Office 2013 Preview Provides information abo...

102  Consolidated update process Setup process Typically, the first step in a corporate installation of Office is to create a network installation point, a task as easy as copying all files and folders from the Office product CD to a shared network location. At a minimum, the network installation p...

103 You can circumvent the selection process and determine which Office product is installed by pointing Setup.exe to the Config.xml file in a core product folder. For example, if you want to install Office Professional Plus 2013 Preview, you can use the following command line: \\server\share\Office...

104 Read XML data Setup collects information about each package on the installation point, collects default settings for the installation, and incorporates customizations that you specify. Setup collects all this information in the form of XML data from several sources:  Setup.xml and Package.xml f...

105 .msp file for Visio Professional 2013 Preview in the Updates folder. The customization .msp files that you place in the Updates folder will be deployed first. Therefore, they must include any Setup customizations that cannot be changed after the installation, for example, the installation locati...

106  Users who apply software updates are less likely to be prompted for a network or CD source because an installation source is available locally.  You can deploy the local installation source in advance and trigger the installation of Office on users' computers later to reduce the load on the n...

107 Note: When you precache the local installation source, Setup copies the Updates folder from the network installation point to the local installation source. In this manner, your customizations can be included in offline installation scenarios. This is the only circumstance in which Setup caches ...

108 Running Setup interactively You can choose to run the installation quietly so that users see little or none of the process. However, if you let users view the Setup user interface, the choices that you make affect several aspects of Setup behavior. For example:  If more than one Office product ...

109 Language versions of Office Every Office product must include at least one set of language-specific packages. You cannot deploy just the core package (MSI file) by itself. On the Office product CD and the network installation point, these language packages are contained in folders. Each folder n...

110 not identical to the core version with a Japanese MUI pack. This design was simplified and improved in Office 2007 and is the same in Office 2013 Preview and Office 2010. Streamlined customization model In versions of Office earlier than Office 2007, several tools were required to customize Setu...

111 Note: We recommend that enterprise customers first uninstall any earlier versions of Office before they install Windows Installer-based Volume License editions of Office 2013 Preview.  Determine which Office features are installed.  Specify the default values for many user options, including O...

112  Making last-minute or one-off customizations that do not warrant running the OCT to create a new customization file. If you put the Config.xml file in the same folder as Setup.exe, Setup finds and uses the file. You can also specify the location of the file by using the /config Setup command-l...

114 Creating a local installation source on users' computers When users install Office from a DVD or from a network installation point, Setup creates the local installation source by using a program called the Office Source Engine (Ose.exe) to copy required installation files to a hidden folder on t...

115 Setup from a specific folder installs that product. This method lets users install Office without relying on a network connection. For more information, see Install Office 2010 from local installation source . This information also applies to Office 2013 Preview Consolidated update process In ve...

116 Updating existing Office installations After Office is installed, you apply software updates directly to the client computer without returning to the network installation point. You do this through a deployment management program such as Microsoft Systems Management Server or System Center 2012 ...

117 Language in Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals The following table lists and describes articles that will help you Configure Office 2013 Preview to work with multiple languages. Articles about how to deploy Office 2013 Preview in other languages Article Description

118 Security in Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals New security controls are available in Office 2013 to help you plan a robust defense against threats while maintaining information worker productivity. An organization's success often depends on the productivity of its information worke...

119 Virtualize Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals You can deploy Office 2013 Preview by using virtualization technologies, such as Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V) or Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as Terminal Services). App-V enables you to run Office 2013 Preview ...

120 Group Policy for Office 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals Group Policy is an infrastructure that is used to deliver and apply one or more desired configurations or policy settings to a set of targeted users and computers in an Active Directory directory service environment. When you have ...

121 Outlook 2013 Preview Audience : IT Professionals To plan an Outlook deployment or configure Outlook Anywhere, Cached Exchange Mode, and security and protection features, or to customize Outlook profiles, follow the steps that are described in these articles. Outlook 2013 Preview deployment artic...