Updated: 2006-11-16
The Microsoft Office 2007 Resource Kit provides up-to-date information about new features and changes in deployment strategies for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. The Microsoft Office System TechCenter includes the online version of the Office Resource Kit, a downloadable version of the content to use offline, and additional information about other products in the 2007 Office system, including Office Server products.
The Office Resource Kit provides ongoing support for IT professionals who plan, implement, and maintain Office installations in their organizations. New and updated content is published on regular basis.
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Product evaluation
This section is under construction at this time. The content will provide information you need to determine when and how to implement your deployment of the 2007 Office system.
Getting started
Find out about the design of the 2007 Office system Setup program, new tools and methods of customizing the installation, and an overview of the top migration issues.
Planning and architecture
Significant innovations in the 2007 Office system include a language-neutral Setup architecture that makes multilanguage deployments and maintenance easier and more efficient, and an Extensible Markup Language (XML) default file format for Microsoft Office Word 2007, Office Excel 2007, and Office PowerPoint 2007. The new file format allows users to create documents from different data sources, reduces the size of files, and improves data recovery in corrupted files.
This section of the Office Resource Kit provides a detailed description of how Setup works and helps you manage a smooth transition to the new version. Planning for a Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 is also documented in this section.
Deployment
This section of the Office Resource Kit provides how-to information: the recommended steps to execute specific deployment tasks, such as customizing the installation, installing Office on users' computers, implementing the deployment in many languages, and migrating to the new file format. Office Outlook 2007 deployment tasks are also covered in this section.
Operations
After you deploy the 2007 Office system throughout your organization, you must maintain the product. This section tells you how to distribute software updates, enforce user settings by using Group Policy, change users' configurations, reinstall Office, and update Office Outlook 2007 installations.
Security and protection
This section provides comprehensive information about planning for and implementing security when you deploy the 2007 Office system. Security issues specific to Office Outlook 2007 are also covered.
Troubleshooting
This section is under construction at this time.
Technical reference
The Technical reference section provides a catalog of the technical details help you plan, deploy, and maintain the 2007 Office system in your organization. For example:
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For every application in the 2007 Office system, find a description of the features that changed from Microsoft Office 2003 to the new version.
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Find new file name extensions for each application.
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Look up the language tags that Setup uses to identify language packs.
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Get detailed Help for using the Office Customization Tool and editing the Config.xml file (the two primary means of customizing Office installations).