OFF2001: How to Install Office 2001 from a Network Server (273712)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac
This article was previously published under Q273712

SUMMARY

Microsoft Office 2001 for Mac supports two installation methods:
  • The Microsoft Office Installer program
  • The drag-and-drop method
This article describes Office 2001 deployment strategies for large companies and explains both installation methods.

MORE INFORMATION

The Microsoft Office Installer Program

The Microsoft Office Installer program supports two installation options:
  • Easy Install: Installs the Microsoft Entourage, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint components that most Office users are likely to use. Easy install adds all files and is the same as a complete Custom Install.
  • Custom Install: Installs only those Office components that you select.
NOTE: Neither option installs the Value Pack components or Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.

For additional information about the Office Installer, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

275147 OFF2001: How to Use the Microsoft Office Installer Program

The Drag-and-Drop Method

With the drag-and-drop method, you drag the Microsoft Office 2001 folder from either the Microsoft Office 2001 CD-ROM or a network server to a hard disk. The drag-and-drop method automatically installs all of the Microsoft Entourage, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint components that most Office users are likely to use.

If you use the drag-and-drop method to install Office, the first time a user starts an Office program, Office copies several required files to the System Folder on the local hard disk. This process is referred to as First Run Installation. First Run Installation might take several minutes to complete but, after it is finished, it is usually not required again, and Office programs start more quickly thereafter.

First Run Installation gives Office a high level of resiliency. If a user inadvertently removes required Office files from the System Folder, Office detects this and replaces the missing files from the Microsoft Office 2001 folder the next time an Office program is started.

First Run Installation also allows Office to resume working in the event that a user performs a clean system install when upgrading to a new release of the Mac OS or makes changes to a hard disk in other ways, such as by changing its name. Moving the entire Microsoft Office 2001 folder to a different location on a hard disk likewise does not affect Office. However, you and your users must not change the folder structure in the Microsoft Office 2001 folder in any way.

Deploy Microsoft Office 2001 from a Network Installation Point

Depending on your network environment and administration tools, there are several strategies you can use to deploy Office 2001 from a network installation point to client computers in your organization.
  • Push the Microsoft Office 2001 folder to client computers by dragging the folder to each hard disk from the network installation point. This requires that you have read-write access to the client computer, and File Sharing is enabled correctly on each client computer.
  • Pull the Microsoft Office 2001 folder to client computers by dragging the Microsoft Office 2001 folder from the network installation point. This requires that either you or your users initiate the drag-and-drop installation from each client computer.
  • Use a third-party Macintosh network management program. These types of programs can copy a script to the System Folder:Startup Items folder on a client computer. The script can then copy the Microsoft Office 2001 folder from the network installation point to the local hard disk when users start their computers.

Set Up a Network Installation Point

By setting up a network installation point, you can easily deploy either a standard or custom version of Microsoft Office 2001 throughout your organization. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. Create a network installation point.
  2. Customize the network installation point (optional).
The following sections describe each of these steps in more detail.

How to Create a Network Installation Point

You can create a network installation point on a Macintosh file server, a Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows NT server with Macintosh Services, or another type of server that has been correctly configured to work with Macintosh client computers. You must first install Office on a local volume and then copy it to the network installation point that you want.

To create a network installation point, follow these steps:
  1. Double-click the Microsoft Office Installer program.
  2. On the pop-up list in the upper-left corner, click Custom Install.
  3. Select the check box next to each component that you want to include in the installation.
  4. On the Install Location pop-up list, ensure that you have selected a local volume.
  5. Click Install.
  6. Type the name and organization that you want to use in all subsequent installations of Office that are created from this installation point. Or, type any values that you want now; you can undo this action later if you prefer that users be prompted for this information during subsequent installations of Office from this installation point.
  7. Type and confirm your 10-digit CD key. The Office components that you selected are installed on the volume that you specified.
  8. Mount the network volume on which you want to create an installation point.
  9. Drag the Microsoft Office 2001 folder that you just created on the local volume to the network installation point.

How to Customize a Network Installation

You can customize Office 2001 installations by adding custom components to the Microsoft Office 2001 folder on a network installation point. For example, you can add custom templates and startup documents.

To customize a network installation, follow these steps:
  1. On the network installation point, open the Microsoft Office 2001 folder.
  2. Move or copy custom component files to the appropriate location in the Microsoft Office 2001 folder on the network installation point.
Customization options include the following.
ToDo this
Add custom templates to OfficeCopy your custom templates for Excel, PowerPoint, or Word to one of the folders in the Microsoft Office 2001:Templates folder.
Add a custom add-in to ExcelCopy your custom add-in to the Microsoft Office 2001:Office:Add-ins folder.

After you have finished customizing the installation, you are ready to deploy Office 2001 via a drag-and-drop installation to the client computers in your organization.

How to Install Microsoft Office Without Fonts

You can create an installation of Microsoft Office 2001 that does not include fonts and will never add fonts during First Run Installation.

To install Office without fonts, follow these steps:
  1. Start the Microsoft Office Installer program.
  2. On the pop-up list in the upper-left corner, click Custom Install.
  3. Click the Office Tools triangle, and then clear the Microsoft TrueType Fonts check box.
  4. Click Install.
NOTE: The resulting installation of Microsoft Office 2001 can be copied to a network installation point and will work exactly as does a drag-and-drop installation, except that it does not install any fonts.

How to Restore the Registration Dialog Box

An installation of Microsoft Office 2001 that is deployed from a network installation point typically does not prompt users to register; the 10-digit CD key that you entered when you created the installation point is automatically used for all installations from that point.

You can restore the Registration dialog box by clearing the user name and organization information that you typed when you created the network installation point. When you do this, users are prompted to type a 10-digit CD key when Office is deployed to client computers from that installation point.

To restore the Registration dialog box, remove the invisible file named "OfficePID" from the Office folder inside the Microsoft Office 2001 folder.

REFERENCES

FOr more information about installing Office 2001, please refer to Microsoft Office Administator Read Me, available in the ReadMe folder in the Microsoft Office 2001 folder.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:6/13/2001
Keywords:kbinfo KB273712
©2002 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.