The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
- Microsoft Office 97 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1)
SUMMARY
In Microsoft Office 97, it is possible to customize a post-administrative
installation (setup /a) so that when your users run Office 97 Setup,
WordMail is not available for installation and none of the WordMail
components, including the templates, are installed.
This article explains how to perform this task by editing the Office
Setup .stf file.
MORE INFORMATION
WARNING: This modification may not be supported by Microsoft. Microsoft
support engineers will support some modifications to a BACKUP copy of the
Setup.stf file. Note also that while support engineers may help customers
modify specific lines of an STF, we will not rewrite the entire file in
order to achieve a desired configuration. As a general rule, support is
limited to options that can normally be changed by a user during a standard
installation of the application.
NOTE: The following steps work only if you first perform an administrative
installation (setup /a) of Office 97 to a server on your network. If you
are performing a stand-alone installation using the Office 97 compact disc,
you cannot use the steps in this article.
Before you perform the following steps, make a backup copy of the
Off97pro.stf or Off97std.stf file on your server. Rename the file to
Backup.stf and do not open or edit it for any reason.
NOTE: The following steps explain how to use Microsoft Excel to edit the
.stf file. If Microsoft Excel is not installed or you have problems
using these steps, open the .stf file in WordPad or another text editor
that does not alter tabs and spaces. Make the appropriate changes outlined
in step 15 and save the file.
Use the following steps to edit the .stf file in Microsoft Excel version
5.0 or later.
- In Microsoft Excel, open the .stf file that you want to edit.
- In the Text Import Wizard dialog box, click Next twice to proceed to
step 3 of the wizard.
- In the Text Import Wizard - Step 3 Of 3 dialog box, under Data Preview,
drag the vertical scroll bar indicator down until the Object ID item
appears in the Data Preview window. Click the first column to select
it. Hold the SHIFT key down, and drag the horizontal scroll bar
indicator to the right until the last column is displayed in the Data
Preview window. Click the last column. All of the columns (at least 15
columns) should be selected.
- Under Column Data Format, click Text, and then click Finish.
- After you open the .stf file, press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR to select the
entire .stf file. Then, on the Data menu, point to Filter, and then
click AutoFilter.
- In cell E1, click the arrow, and then click the value "AddRegData."
- In cell F1, click the arrow and click Custom. In the Custom AutoFilter
dialog box, set the following values
Show rows where: F contains """" (four quotation marks)
and click OK.
- Select all visible cells in column F.
- On the Edit menu, click Replace. In the Find What box, type a space,
followed by a quotation mark ("). In the Replace With box, type a
quotation mark ("). Click Replace All.
- Select all visible cells in column F.
- On the Edit menu, click Replace. In the Find What box, type three
quotation marks ("""). In the Replace With box, type two quotation marks
(""). Click Replace All.
- Select all visible cells in column F.
- On the Edit menu, click Replace. In the Find What box, type two
quotation marks (""). In the Replace With box, type a quotation
mark ("). Click Replace All.
- On the Data menu, point to Filter, and click AutoFilter.
- Find the following Object IDs located in column A and delete the
corresponding values from the Object Data column in column F. Make
sure you delete the trailing space after each number. Use the table
that is appropriate for your version of Office.
Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition:
For Remove the Reference to
----------------------------------
ObjID 94 305
ObjID 275 302
ObjID 276 302
ObjID 285 12802
ObjID 7202 7301
ObjID 7203 7301
ObjID 7204 7301
Microsoft Office 97 Professional Edition, SR-1:
For Remove the Reference to
----------------------------------
ObjID 103 318
ObjID 288 315
ObjID 289 315
ObjID 298 13102
ObjID 7302 7401
ObjID 7303 7401
ObjID 7304 7401
Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition:
For Remove the Reference to
----------------------------------
ObjID 84 217
ObjID 187 214
ObjID 188 214
ObjID 197 11702
ObjID 6802 6901
ObjID 6803 6901
ObjID 6804 6901
Microsoft Office 97 Standard Edition, SR-1:
For Remove the Reference to
----------------------------------
ObjID 93 230
ObjID 200 227
ObjID 201 227
ObjID 210 12102
ObjID 7002 7101
ObjID 7003 7101
ObjID 7004 7101
- On the File menu, click Save. Make sure that the file type is Text.
After you finish these steps, the WordMail component is not installed and
does not appear in the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel icon for any user
who performs an installation of Office 97 using the modified setup table
file (for example, you may call this file Custom.stf).
For more information on using custom setup table files with Office 97,
see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
ARTICLE-ID: Q158281
TITLE : OFF97: How to Use Custom STF Files with MS Office 97 Setup
Keywords : OffWinSetup kbsetup
Version : WINDOWS:97,97sr1
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto
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