Office 2008 Deployment
Install a customized version of Office 2008
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2.In the Select a Destination page, select the destination volume to install Office 2008.
Important
Installation under a volume license does not require that you enter a Product ID.
3.Click Customize.
4.Select or clear the check box next to each component that you want to include or not include in the installation.
5.Click Install and follow the instructions to complete the installation process.
Prepare a user computer for installation of Office 2008 from a file server
1.If the computer is currently running the Classic environment (Mac OS 9), switch to Mac OS X, and then quit the Classic environment.
To quit the Classic environment, on the Apple menu, click System Preferences, and then click Classic. On the Start/Stop tab, click Stop.
2.Turn off virus protection software, and quit any applications that are running.
3.Back up any existing Entourage identity folders from
/Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office<version>Identities/ in one of the following ways:
•Create and deploy a script for renaming the existing Entourage identities on each computer.
•If you are in a relatively small setup environment, you can instruct users to back up the Entourage identities that are stored in /Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office<version> Identities/folderName and copy them to another location on their computers.
Note After you have deployed the Office 2008 applications, users can import information from their previous identities. For information on how to import from identities, see Entourage 2008 Help.
4.Remove any Dock icons for Office applications.
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