Best Practices

The following are best practices for planning an Office 2003 Editions configuration:

  • Separate managed settings from unmanaged settings. Configure managed Office 2003 Editions by using policies. Settings that you configure by using the Profile Wizard or Custom Installation Wizard are only defaults.

  • Document settings and assign to a method. Document each and every setting in your Office 2003 Editions configuration and assign each to a deployment method (Profile Wizard, Custom Installation Wizard, and so on). For each setting, indicate at which point in the process you will configure that setting. You can use the file Settings.xls to document these settings. Settings.xls is on this book’s companion CD in the Aids folder.

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