How to change security settings on a “bulk level†via network

[Brendan]

I have to deploy a template to over 30 computers with some of the computers
having different users (Running Windows 2000). The problem is that each user
has to change their security setting from High to Medium to run the template.
Is there a way to simplify this (ie. modify one normal.dot file and deploy
it to all the computers via the network so each user does not have to
manually change their setting)? Or is this security setting housed somewhere
else?

 

[Jonathan West]

I have to deploy a template to over 30 computers with some of the computers
having different users (Running Windows 2000). The problem is that each
user
has to change their security setting from High to Medium to run the
template.
Is there a way to simplify this (ie. modify one normal.dot file and deploy
it to all the computers via the network so each user does not have to
manually change their setting)? Or is this security setting housed
somewhere
else?

It is housed somewhere else, and deliberately set up so that you can't (at
least not by any published method) change it programmatically.

You should look into getting a digital certificate for your template so it
will run under High security once users trust the certificate.


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[Cindy M.]

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I have to deploy a template to over 30 computers with some of the computers
having different users (Running Windows 2000). The problem is that each user
has to change their security setting from High to Medium to run the template.
Is there a way to simplify this (ie. modify one normal.dot file and deploy
it to all the computers via the network so each user does not have to
manually change their setting)? Or is this security setting housed somewhere
else?

If the user copies the template to the same folder as Normal.dot, it should run
without triggering the macro security. Unless "Trust all installed addins and
templates" has been deactivated. In that case, only the approach with a digital
certificate will work.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Brendan]

OK, how about this: Is there a way to create a separate Tab in the Templates
menu (FILE, NEW) and label it something like "Department" or simply put them
in the user's "Other Documents" tab? If it is the latter of the two, how
does the 1033 directory know where each template is to be placed in the FILE,
NEW tab form? Is there some sort of INI file that holds the control for this?

 

[Jonathan West]

OK, how about this: Is there a way to create a separate Tab in the
Templates
menu (FILE, NEW) and label it something like "Department" or simply put
them
in the user's "Other Documents" tab?

Yes. Create a subfolder in the User Templates or Workgroup Templates folder,
and place your template there. A tab of the same name will automatically
show up in the File New dialog.


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[Brendan]

Could not get that to work with either directory.

C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\

Am I missing one?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Brendan was telling us:
Brendan nous racontait que :

Could not get that to work with either directory.

C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\

Am I missing one?

You have to use the folders that are listed under Tools > Options > File
Locations tab > User Templates or Workgroup Templates.
If the two paths you mentioned above are neither, then yes, you are missing
something! ;-)

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[Charles Kenyon]

You have to use the folders designated in Word as the user templates folder
or the workgroup templates folder. Those can be anything and the defaults
have changed with versions of Word!

For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.
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Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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Could not get that to work with either directory.

C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\

Am I missing one?

Yes. Create a subfolder in the User Templates or Workgroup Templates
folder,
and place your template there. A tab of the same name will automatically
show up in the File New dialog.


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[Russ]

Brendan,
As this link by Mr. Mayor suggests, you could go to a user's terminal and
open Word; then use the menus "tools > options > file locations" to see
where that application of Word is looking for files:
Click on links.
http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm

Or do a search in Google Groups:
http://tinyurl.com/nno5o

Could not get that to work with either directory.

C:\Documents and Settings\[UserName]\Application Data\Microsoft\
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\

Am I missing one?

Yes. Create a subfolder in the User Templates or Workgroup Templates folder,
and place your template there. A tab of the same name will automatically
show up in the File New dialog.


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