Saturday, September 08, 2007

Deploy multiple language versions of the 2007 Office system

Deploy multiple language versions of the 2007 Office system

The language-neutral design of the 2007 Microsoft Office system helps to simplify the deployment of Office products in multiple languages. Instead of creating a series of installations, you allow Setup to coordinate a single installation of multiple language versions.
All language-specific components for a particular language are contained in a Single Language Pack (SLP). Each language pack includes language-specific folders for all 2007 Office release products available in that language. Folders are identified by a language tag appended to the folder name. For a complete list of language tags, see Language identifiers in the 2007 Office system


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You copy all the language packs you need to a network installation point that contains at least one complete Office product. By default, Setup installs Office in the language that each user is most likely to need.

To deploy a default language version of Office to every client
1.
Create a network installation point for your primary Office 2007 product by copying all the files and folders from source media to a shared network location.
2.
Copy all the files and folders from the source media for each language pack to the same network location, and when prompted to overwrite duplicate files, click No.
3.
Use the Office Customization Tool to configure the installation to match your organization's requirements.
Because the majority of customizations apply to the core product, you do not typically need to customize each language separately. Setup applies your customizations during the installation regardless of the language being installed.
4.
On the Setup command line, specify the Config.xml file for the primary Office product you are deploying.
For example, the following command line installs Microsoft Office Standard 2007 in any language:
\\server\share\Office12\setup.exe /config \\server\share\Office12\Standard.WW\Config.xml
where Office12 is the root of the network installation point.
5.
Run Setup from the root of the network installation point.
Setup installs only the language-specific elements that are needed for the Office product you are installing. Setup does not install the entire language pack unless you deploy the language pack as a separate product.

Note:
Because Setup recognizes each language pack as a separate product, be sure to specify the Config.xml for the primary Office suite or application you are deploying.

When the network installation point contains multiple language packs, Setup detects that there is more than one available language. By default, Setup installs Office in the language that matches the Windows user locale set on each user's computer. If there is no exact match, Setup uses the closest match.

If there is no close match, Setup prompts the user to select a language. If you are installing Office quietly and Setup does not find an acceptable language match between the user locale and available Office languages, the installation fails. If you do not know whether all user locales in your organization match an available Office languages, specify the language to install in Config.xml.

Note:
Language packs that are acquired through a volume license agreement do not require a unique product key; only one volume license key is required for the entire installation.
You can override default Setup behavior and install more than one language on a single computer or specify exactly which languages to install regardless of user locale. For more information, see Customize a multilanguage deployment of the 2007 Office system

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