Microsoft Office 2003 Group Policy Settings

This file documents the Group Policy settings defined in the Office 2003 Administrative Template (ADM) files, and inc
The updates include two types of block file format settings, block open settings and block save settings, for the follow
Excel (excel11.adm), PowerPoint (ppt11.adm), and Word (word11.adm).

Applications documented:
Microsoft Access 2003
Microsoft Clip Organizer
Microsoft Excel 2003
Microsoft FrontPage 2003
Microsoft InfoPath 2003
Microsoft OneNote 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003
Microsoft Project 2003
Microsoft Publisher 2003
Microsoft Visio 2003
Microsoft Word 2003
A separate Administrative Template file, OFFICE11.ADM, includes policy settings that are used across Microsoft Office

The following information is included for each policy setting:

Program
Class

Categories (Cat1, Cat2 ,…)

Policy

Part, Sub-Part

New?
SP1?
SP2?
SP3?
Policy?
CIW?
Possible Settings

Default Setting
Secure Setting
 Associated Registry Key
Registry Value Name
Registry Values

Notes

Explanation

In addition, if the policy setting is associated with a user interface option, the option is documented in the follow

Menus (Menu1, Menu2, …)

Option
Possible Values
Default Value
Comments
Group Policy Settings
Policy settings defined in the Office 2003 Administrative Template (ADM) files, and includes SP3 updates.
of block file format settings, block open settings and block save settings, for the following applications:
nt (ppt11.adm), and Word (word11.adm).

Using these Administrative Template files:

ACCESS11.ADM
GAL11.ADM
EXCEL11.ADM
FP11.ADM
INF11.ADM
ONENT11.ADM
OUTLK11.ADM, otlk_crp.opa (CIW file), otlk_net.opa (CIW file)
PPT11.ADM
PROJ11.ADM
PUB11.ADM
Visio11.adm
WORD11.ADM
tive Template file, OFFICE11.ADM, includes policy settings that are used across Microsoft Office 2003.

uded for each policy setting:

The name of the application. For Office-wide policy settings, the program name is Office 2003.
Either "Local Machine" or "Current User", this refers to the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" and
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER" registry trees (respectively). The policy settings within a particular class
are associated with registry keys within that tree.
Policy settings are organized into Categories, typically based on the user interface of the
associated application. For instance, policy settings affecting items on the General tab of the
Options dialog from the Tools menu might be organized into the category "Tools | Options...", and
The name of the policy setting. Often, this name is the same as the user interface option that the
policy setting affects. For example, the "Show Task Pane" policy setting sets the checkbox "Show
Task Pane" in the application user interface.
Each policy setting consists of at least one "part" which contains the values associated with that
policy setting. In these worksheets, if the part is simply a checkbox that enables or disables the
particular function, the part is not listed separately in this column. If the part name conveys
significant information, or if there are multiple parts in the policy, the part(s) are explicitly listed in
"Yes" means that the setting is new in Office 2003.
"Yes" means that the setting is new in Office 2003 Service Pack 1.
"Yes" means that the setting is new in Office 2003 Service Pack 2.
"Yes" means that the setting is new in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.
"Yes" means that the setting can be modified through Office Group Policy settings.
"Yes" means that the setting can be modified with the Custom Installation Wizard.
The range of possible values for the part. If this is blank, then the part is simply a checkbox which
performs an associated function. If "[ ]" appears in this column, then the value is a simple text
string. If there are a range of possible values, the minimum and maximum values are given,
separated by a hyphen (for example: "1 - 9"). If there are multiple, specific values for the policy
setting - as in a dropdown list - then the values are listed in this column in the order in which they
appear in the template, separated by "|" (for example: "High | Medium | Low").
The default setting used. If this column is empty, then there is no default setting.
The policy setting that is considered to be the most secure. This value is specified only for some
security-related policy settings.
 The registry key associated with the specific policy or part.
The name of the specific registry value modified by the policy.
The data placed in the registry for the policy setting. Sometimes, the value placed in the registry is
exactly the value entered in the policy setting. Often, though, numeric values are substituted and
placed in the registry instead. These values are listed in this column in the same order as the
values appear in the Possible Settings column, separated by "|" (for example: "0 | 1 | 2").
Comments that appear within the policy template file. These comments typically provide
additional information regarding the expected values required or the action taken by policy
settings.
Text to explain how to use the policy setting and what it affects. Many policy settings are directly
related to some option in the application user interface, so further information is not given here
since online Help is available (the explanation text might be simply, "Checks/Unchecks the
corresponding user interface option").

If the action taken by a simple checkbox policy setting is something other than just checking and
unchecking a user interface option, then the explanation shows both actions. For example, if
checking policy setting X causes it to disable a button in the user interface, and unchecking the
policy setting enables the button, then the policy setting explanation would read,
"Disables/Enables the button."

If the policy setting/part name does not match the wording in the user interface option exactly, the
explanation will be more explicit (for example, "Checks/Unchecks the option 'Status bar'"). And if
the location of the option in the user interface cannot be deduced from the policy setting name
and categories, then that is given as well (for example, "Disables the option 'HTTP' in the Server
Types page of the E-mail Accounts dialog").

In cases where there are multiple possible values for the policy setting and an explanation is
necessary for each value, or even if the action of a simple checkbox is not obvious, the text for
each value is separated by "|" and is given in the same order as the values listed in the Possible
Settings column (for example: "Checked: Disables the option 'Show Help' and unchecks the option
'Always show task pane'. | Unchecked: Enables the option 'Show Help' and checks the option
'Always show task pane'.").

g is associated with a user interface option, the option is documented in the following columns:
 Office 2003 Policies _with UI_

Program
Class
Cat1
Cat2
Cat3
Cat4
Cat5
Cat6
Policy Part Sub-Part New?
Access 2003
* CURRENT USER
Clip Organizer
* CURRENT USER
Excel 2003
* CURRENT USER
FrontPage 2003
* CURRENT USER
InfoPath 2003
* CURRENT USER
Office 2003
* LOCAL MACHINE
* CURRENT USER
OneNote 2003
* CURRENT USER
Outlook 2003
* CURRENT USER
PowerPoint 2003
* CURRENT USER
Project 2003
* CURRENT USER
Publisher 2003
* CURRENT USER
Visio 2003
* LOCAL MACHINE
* CURRENT USER
Word 2003
* CURRENT USER

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SP1? SP2? SP3? Policy? CIW? Possible Settings Default Setting

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Secure Setting Associated Registry Key

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Registry Value Name Registry Values

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Notes

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Explanation Menu1 Menu2 Menu3 Menu4

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Menu5 Menu6 Option Possible Values

Default Value
Comments

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