This document can grow into a guide for automatically installing Microsoft Office over a network. Here's an outline, we can grow it over time.
- Create administrative installation point.
- Patch administrative installation point.
- Customize installation if desired (create transform file).
- Deploy package using Group Policy or batch file.
This batch file will silentlly install Office XP
msiexec /i \\server\officexp$\pro.msi /qb+

New for 2007 - Plug & Play Computer Lab
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-Zero touch management of all of the devices (we take care of everything)
-"Ready to roll" profiessionally designed training sessions (with more being added all the time):
Training presentation: Access 2003—Get to know Access
Training presentation: Access 2003—Introduction to security
Training presentation: Excel 2003—Create your first workbook
Training presentation: Excel 2003—Enter formulas
Training presentation: Excel 2003—Great Excel features
Training presentation: Excel 2003—How to create a chart
Training presentation: Excel 2003—How to use lists
Training presentation: Excel 2003—Publish lists to a SharePoint site
Training presentation: Excel 2003—Statistical functions
Training presentation: Excel 2003—Using XML in Excel
Training presentation: Excel 2003—What's so great about PivotTable reports?
Training presentation: InfoPath 2003—Connect a form to a database
Training presentation: InfoPath 2003—Customize form controls
Training presentation: Office 2003—Help protect yourself: Security in Office
Training presentation: Office 2003—Using the Research service
Training presentation: Office 2003—XML: What's it all about?
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—Control how you send and see e-mail messages
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—Create great-looking signatures for your e-mail
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—File or archive your e-mail on your own computer
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—Organize meetings with Outlook
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—Organize your Inbox
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—Outlook can help protect you from junk e-mail
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—See and share multiple calendars
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—Share a calendar using Outlook and Windows SharePoint Services
Training presentation: Outlook 2003—Share contacts using Outlook and Windows SharePoint Services
Training presentation: PowerPoint 2003 — Playing movies
Training presentation: PowerPoint 2003—Create your first presentation
Training presentation: PowerPoint 2003—Create your own template
Training presentation: PowerPoint 2003—Package to a CD
Training presentation: PowerPoint 2003—Playing sound
Training presentation: PowerPoint 2003—Preset and custom animation
Training presentation: Visio 2003—Expertly position, stack, and group shapes
Training presentation: Visio 2003—Get to know Visio
Training presentation: Visio 2003—Shapes basics
Training presentation: Word 2003—Add graphics and keep them where you want them
Training presentation: Word 2003—Create a basic TOC
Training presentation: Word 2003—Create a document outline
Training presentation: Word 2003—Create footnotes and endnotes
Training presentation: Word 2003—Decorate documents with graphic and text effects
Training presentation: Word 2003—Introduction to XML in Word
Training presentation: Word 2003—Revise documents with Track Changes and comments
Training Presentation: Word 2003—So that's How! Great Word features
Training presentation: Word 2003—Use mail merge for mass mailings and more
Training presentation: Access 2007—Get up to speed New!
Training presentation: Excel 2007—Create a chart New!
Training presentation: Excel 2007—Create your first workbook
Training presentation: Excel 2007—Enter formulas
Training presentation: Excel 2007—Get up to speed
Training presentation: Microsoft Office—Get up to speed with the 2007 system
Training presentation: Outlook 2007—Calendar basics
Training presentation: Outlook 2007—Create great-looking signatures for your e-mail New!
Training presentation: Outlook 2007—Get out of your Inbox
Training presentation: Outlook 2007—Get up to speed
Training presentation: PowerPoint 2007—Create your first presentation
Training presentation: PowerPoint 2007—Get up to speed
Training presentation: Word 2007—Get up to speed
Paul Kerness, MSW, LSW
Genii Research, LLC
(908) 230-0727