Change defaults for all users.

[granillo1234]

I am setting up office 2007 in 5 computer labs at the college i work for. I
was instructed to make the default for saving files the old 97-2003 file
format for compatibility. How do I make it so that when a student uses a
computer for the first time, they don't get the new file version to save. The
way it is now, they open it for the first time and it loads the default
settings. If I change it in the original install it doesn't effect the other
users. Any ideas?

What I'm looking for is so that when users open office for the first time it
will automatically change the file format to the old 97-2003 format without
them having to do it themselves.
TIA

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Are you using the tools from the Office REsource Kit to build your installation? There are tools there that will allow you to customize the installation to include that requirement you seek.

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After furious head scratching, granillo1234 asked:

| I am setting up office 2007 in 5 computer labs at the college i work
| for. I was instructed to make the default for saving files the old
| 97-2003 file format for compatibility. How do I make it so that when
| a student uses a computer for the first time, they don't get the new
| file version to save. The way it is now, they open it for the first
| time and it loads the default settings. If I change it in the
| original install it doesn't effect the other users. Any ideas?
|
| What I'm looking for is so that when users open office for the first
| time it will automatically change the file format to the old 97-2003
| format without them having to do it themselves.
| TIA

 

[granillo1234]

I don't have access to those tools. I am working under someone and I don't
know if they have that.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork - look for the version that matches your version of Office.

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After furious head scratching, granillo1234 asked:

| I don't have access to those tools. I am working under someone and I
| don't know if they have that.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Are you using the tools from the Office REsource Kit to build your
|| installation? There are tools there that will allow you to
|| customize the installation to include that requirement you seek.
||
|| --Â
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, granillo1234 asked:
||
||| I am setting up office 2007 in 5 computer labs at the college i work
||| for. I was instructed to make the default for saving files the old
||| 97-2003 file format for compatibility. How do I make it so that when
||| a student uses a computer for the first time, they don't get the new
||| file version to save. The way it is now, they open it for the first
||| time and it loads the default settings. If I change it in the
||| original install it doesn't effect the other users. Any ideas?
|||
||| What I'm looking for is so that when users open office for the first
||| time it will automatically change the file format to the old 97-2003
||| format without them having to do it themselves.
||| TIA