Office 2003 Group Policies

Microsoft Office 2003 Group Policy Settings

This file documents the Group Policy settings defined in the Office 2003 Administrative Template (ADM) files, and includes SP3 updates. The updates include two types of block file format settings, block open settings and block save settings, for the following applications: Excel (excel11.adm), PowerPoint (ppt11.adm), and Word (word11.adm).

Applications documented:Microsoft Access 2003Microsoft Clip OrganizerMicrosoft Excel 2003Microsoft FrontPage 2003Microsoft InfoPath 2003Microsoft OneNote 2003Microsoft Outlook 2003Microsoft PowerPoint 2003Microsoft Project 2003Microsoft Publisher 2003Microsoft Visio 2003Microsoft Word 2003A separate Administrative Template file, OFFICE11.ADM, includes policy settings that are used across Microsoft Office 2003.

The following information is included for each policy setting:

Program

Class

Policy

Part, Sub-Part

New?SP1?SP2?SP3?

Policy?CIW?

Categories (Cat1, Cat2 ,…)

Possible Settings

Default SettingSecure Setting

Associated Registry KeyRegistry Value Name

Registry Values

Notes

Explanation

In addition, if the policy setting is associated with a user interface option, the option is documented in the following columns:

OptionPossible ValuesDefault ValueComments

Menus (Menu1, Menu2, …)

Microsoft Office 2003 Group Policy Settings

This file documents the Group Policy settings defined in the Office 2003 Administrative Template (ADM) files, and includes SP3 updates. The updates include two types of block file format settings, block open settings and block save settings, for the following applications: Excel (excel11.adm), PowerPoint (ppt11.adm), and Word (word11.adm).

Using these Administrative Template files:ACCESS11.ADMGAL11.ADMEXCEL11.ADMFP11.ADMINF11.ADMONENT11.ADMOUTLK11.ADM, otlk_crp.opa (CIW file), otlk_net.opa (CIW file)PPT11.ADMPROJ11.ADMPUB11.ADMVisio11.admWORD11.ADM

A separate Administrative Template file, OFFICE11.ADM, includes policy settings that are used across Microsoft Office 2003.

The following information is included for each policy setting:

The name of the application. For Office-wide policy settings, the program name is Office 2003.

"Yes" means that the setting is new in Office 2003."Yes" means that the setting is new in Office 2003 Service Pack 1."Yes" means that the setting is new in Office 2003 Service Pack 2."Yes" means that the setting is new in Office 2003 Service Pack 3."Yes" means that the setting can be modified through Office Group Policy settings."Yes" means that the setting can be modified with the Custom Installation Wizard.

Either "Local Machine" or "Current User", this refers to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" and "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" registry trees (respectively). The policy settings within a particular class are associated with registry keys within that tree.Policy settings are organized into Categories, typically based on the user interface of the associated application. For instance, policy settings affecting items on the General tab of the Options dialog from the Tools menu might be organized into the category "Tools | Options...", and sub-category "General".The name of the policy setting. Often, this name is the same as the user interface option that the policy setting affects. For example, the "Show Task Pane" policy setting sets the checkbox "Show Task Pane" in the application user interface.Each policy setting consists of at least one "part" which contains the values associated with that policy setting. In these worksheets, if the part is simply a checkbox that enables or disables the particular function, the part is not listed separately in this column. If the part name conveys significant information, or if there are multiple parts in the policy, the part(s) are explicitly listed in this column.

The default setting used. If this column is empty, then there is no default setting.

The registry key associated with the specific policy or part.The name of the specific registry value modified by the policy.

In addition, if the policy setting is associated with a user interface option, the option is documented in the following columns:

The range of possible values for the part. If this is blank, then the part is simply a checkbox which performs an associated function. If "[ ]" appears in this column, then the value is a simple text string. If there are a range of possible values, the minimum and maximum values are given, separated by a hyphen (for example: "1 - 9"). If there are multiple, specific values for the policy setting - as in a dropdown list - then the values are listed in this column in the order in which they appear in the template, separated by "|" (for example: "High | Medium | Low").

The policy setting that is considered to be the most secure. This value is specified only for some security-related policy settings.

The data placed in the registry for the policy setting. Sometimes, the value placed in the registry is exactly the value entered in the policy setting. Often, though, numeric values are substituted and placed in the registry instead. These values are listed in this column in the same order as the values appear in the Possible Settings column, separated by "|" (for example: "0 | 1 | 2").

Comments that appear within the policy template file. These comments typically provide additional information regarding the expected values required or the action taken by policy settings.Text to explain how to use the policy setting and what it affects. Many policy settings are directly related to some option in the application user interface, so further information is not given here since online Help is available (the explanation text might be simply, "Checks/Unchecks the corresponding user interface option").

If the action taken by a simple checkbox policy setting is something other than just checking and unchecking a user interface option, then the explanation shows both actions. For example, if checking policy setting X causes it to disable a button in the user interface, and unchecking the policy setting enables the button, then the policy setting explanation would read, "Disables/Enables the button."

If the policy setting/part name does not match the wording in the user interface option exactly, the explanation will be more explicit (for example, "Checks/Unchecks the option 'Status bar'"). And if the location of the option in the user interface cannot be deduced from the policy setting name and categories, then that is given as well (for example, "Disables the option 'HTTP' in the Server Types page of the E-mail Accounts dialog").

In cases where there are multiple possible values for the policy setting and an explanation is necessary for each value, or even if the action of a simple checkbox is not obvious, the text for each value is separated by "|" and is given in the same order as the values listed in the Possible Settings column (for example: "Checked: Disables the option 'Show Help' and unchecks the option 'Always show task pane'. | Unchecked: Enables the option 'Show Help' and checks the option 'Always show task pane'.").

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Pr ClaCatCatCatCatCatCatPolicy Part Sub-Part New?Access 2003* CURRENT USER

Clip Organizer* CURRENT USER

Excel 2003* CURRENT USER

FrontPage 2003* CURRENT USER

InfoPath 2003* CURRENT USER

Office 2003* LOCAL MACHINE* CURRENT USER

OneNote 2003* CURRENT USER

Outlook 2003* CURRENT USER

PowerPoint 2003* CURRENT USER

Project 2003* CURRENT USER

Publisher 2003* CURRENT USER

Visio 2003* LOCAL MACHINE* CURRENT USER

Word 2003* CURRENT USER

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SP1? SP2? SP3? Policy? CIW? Possible Settings Default Setting

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Secure Setting Associated Registry Key

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Registry Value Name Registry Valu

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Notes

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Explanation Menu1 Menu2 Menu3 Menu4

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Menu5 Menu6 Option Possible VDefault VaComments