Microsoft 79G-03775 User Manual

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Office Customization Tool (OCT) in Office 2013 
Preview 
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: 
  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 
Exchange settings  
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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 
 
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.