Setting up multiple Outlook/Office clients

[Leigh Bennett]

Our clients currently use a mixture of Office 2000 &
Office XP using an Exchange server for mail.
At the moment, when setting up a new PC, i have to
configure every option in Outlook, Word etc,etc. I want to
know if its possible to enable a default setup to save me
time in this repetitive task.
For example, all users must use the 'Arial' font when
writing documents in word etc, etc and users of Outlook
must always have the spell checker enabled and must always
use the 'English UK' dictionary.

Is it possible to just copy and paste a config file into
Outlook, etc,etc or the registry, to enable all these
settings?

If it is possible to do the above, are there any
limitations? i.e. something must be edited/added in the
registry and not the config file?

thanks
..

 

[lbennett]

Am i asking a stupid question or something?

If so let me know, then point me in the right direction.

thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Many of these settings can be controlled using the deployment tools in the Office Resource Kit available at http://office.microsoft.com, which includes an Office Profile Wizard to make a copy of settings that you've configured on a pilot machine.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers