Microsoft 79G-03775 User Manual
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Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013
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Audience: IT Professionals
To customize an installation of Office 2013 Preview, you can use the Office Customization Tool (OCT)
to perform tasks such as the following:
To customize an installation of Office 2013 Preview, you can use the Office Customization Tool (OCT)
to perform tasks such as the following:
Specifying installation options
Customizing how Office applications and features are installed
Configuring default user settings
Managing additional content: add or remove files, registry entries or shortcuts
Configuring Outlook options: setting the default profile, adding email accounts, and specifying
Customizing how Office applications and features are installed
Configuring default user settings
Managing additional content: add or remove files, registry entries or shortcuts
Configuring Outlook options: setting the default profile, adding email accounts, and specifying
Exchange settings
In this article:
Overview of the Office Customization Tool
The OCT is part of the Setup program and is the recommended tool for most customizations. The OCT
is available only with volume licensed versions of Windows Installer-based Office 2013 Preview, Office
2010, and the 2007 Office system. To determine whether an Office 2013 Preview installation is a
volume licensed version, check the Office 2013 Preview installation disk to see whether it contains a
folder named Admin. If the Admin folder exists, the disk is a volume license edition. If the Admin folder
does not exist, the disk is a retail edition. For information about the network installation point, see
is available only with volume licensed versions of Windows Installer-based Office 2013 Preview, Office
2010, and the 2007 Office system. To determine whether an Office 2013 Preview installation is a
volume licensed version, check the Office 2013 Preview installation disk to see whether it contains a
folder named Admin. If the Admin folder exists, the disk is a volume license edition. If the Admin folder
does not exist, the disk is a retail edition. For information about the network installation point, see
in
You run the OCT by typing setup.exe /admin at the command line from the root of the network
installation point that contains the Office 2013 Preview source files. For example, use the following:
\\server\share\Office15\setup.exe /admin. When you run the OCT, you choose to create a new Setup
customization (.msp) file or to open an existing .msp file. If you create a new file, the OCT displays a list
of the products that are available on the network installation point. You must select a single product that
you want to customize.
installation point that contains the Office 2013 Preview source files. For example, use the following:
\\server\share\Office15\setup.exe /admin. When you run the OCT, you choose to create a new Setup
customization (.msp) file or to open an existing .msp file. If you create a new file, the OCT displays a list
of the products that are available on the network installation point. You must select a single product that
you want to customize.