Using a Transform

If you do not want to distribute an entire Office 2003 Editions configuration, as does the Profile Wizard, you can customize selected user-defined options in a transform. Most of the options captured by the Profile Wizard can also be set on the Change Office User Settings page of the Custom Installation Wizard. This method is useful for presetting just a few key options or for modifying a standard configuration without recreating the .ops file.

When users install Office with your transform, the settings you specify are applied to every user of the computer. However, only settings that differ from existing default settings are applied. Options that you set on this page of the wizard over-write corresponding settings in an .ops ...

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