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We have deployed Office 2007 to multiple computers in an office environment (Windows Server 2008 and Windows XP CLients) and need to remove the 'Options' setting seen from the File menu.

Is there a way this can be achieved via group policy or similar?

Thanks

heisenberg
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You will need to install the Microsoft Office 2007 ADM templates.

Once you've done that, you will have control over Office 2007 via Group Policy.

Izzy
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Unfortunately, there is no GPO setting to disable the Word Options button in the Office 2007 GPO templates. you need to create a custom Word document template with the options button disabled and then place it at one of the following locations (depending on Windows version):

C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP

C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\STARTUP

If the computer is a terminal server or if it is otherwise used by multiple users you can also place the template at the following location:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\STARTUP

I have some lines of code that will show you how to do it, but I can't post them. If someone can tell me how to post them I'll gladly add them to this answer.

joeqwerty
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