Office Customization Tool

Modify user settings

Set the default values of Office application settings for users who install Office with this customization file.

To configure an option, expand the tree on the left, and then click the user-interface element; all configurable settings associated with that element appear on the right. Double-click a setting, and then select one of the following options:

Not Configured - The setting remains as it is.

Enabled - The setting is modified based on your choices in the dialog box.

Disabled - The setting is disabled. Note that disabling an option may be different from not configuring the option. See the description of the specific option for more details.

Click Show all settings to display all available user settings. Click Show configured settings only to display only those settings that you have configured.

Select the Migrate user settings check box to preserve users' custom settings from a previous version of Office. If you modify user settings and also select this check box, Setup first applies the modified settings and then migrates the user's existing custom settings, overwriting any conflicting settings.

Note  When you click Enabled to view the options for a setting, and then click OK or Previous Setting or Next Setting, the status changes to Configured, even if you do not change the setting. Inadvertently configuring the setting with an empty hyperlink, path, or file name can cause errors. If you clicked Enabled and want to ignore your changes or avoid configuring the setting, click Cancel. You also can return a setting to the Not Configured state by double-clicking the setting, selecting Not Configured, and then clicking OK.