Microsoft GZA-00006 manual Setting default storage locations, Using add-ins

Office 2008 Deployment

Setting default storage locations

You can set the default storage locations for documents, templates, and other items that users create or use in Word 2008. By default, the documents are stored in /Users/username/Documents/ on the user computer.

Set default storage locations

1.In the Word Preferences dialog box, under Personal Settings, click File Locations.

2.Under File locations, in the list under File types, click the type of files that you want to view, and then click Modify.

3.In the Choose a folder dialog box, click the name of the folder that you want to use as the default storage location.

Setting default spelling and grammar options

You can set the default options for the spelling and grammar checkers in Word. In the Word Preferences dialog box, click Spelling and Grammar, and then select the options that you want.

Note The default location of custom dictionaries is

/Users/username/Library/Preferences/Microsoft/Office 2008/. If you want to use a custom dictionary that is stored in another location, you must add it to the list of dictionaries in the

Custom Dictionaries box.

Using add-ins

Add-ins created by using Microsoft Visual Basic do not work in Office 2008. However, if you want to retain the functionality of existing add-ins, you can convert them to a native Mac OS X scripting language such as AppleScript or Automator.

Configuring Excel 2008 preferences

You can standardize the settings for Excel 2008 in your organization by configuring preferences for the application and then deploying these preferences to users on the network. Excel-specific preferences are stored in the com.microsoft.Excel.plist file. This preference (.plist) file is stored in /Users/username/Library/Preferences.

Important

Use the same administrator account each time that you customize settings so that all preferences are stored in the same folder on the computer. This is especially important if you will be using Workgroup Manager to manage preferences later. Workgroup Manager uses the preference files that are located in the home folder of the administrator who is currently logged in.

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