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Install Office 2008 from a file server
1. Create the installation image in a shared location as specified in Creating the installation
image in the Office 2008 Deployment section.
2. We recommend that you write an AppleScript to perform the steps for preparing the
users' computers before deploying the installation image.
If you do not use a script to perform all the steps that are required to prepare users'
computers, you will need to provide instructions for users to prepare their own
computers immediately before Office 2008 is installed.
For more information, see the "Prepare a user computer for installation of Office 2008
from a file server" section later in this topic.
3. Users should drag the .mpkg file from the shared location to their desktops, open it,
and then follow the Office Installer instructions. For information on how users can
cutomize the installation, see "Install a customized version of Office 2008" section later
in this topic.
Important
Installation under a volume license does not require that you enter a Product ID.
4. At the end of the installation process, users can apply all available service and security
releases and updates to the installation image by running Microsoft AutoUpdate for
Mac.
Users also can run AutoUpdate at any time by starting any Office application, and then
on the
Help menu, clicking Check for Updates. The other option is to download
updates from the Downloads
page of the Microsoft Web site
(www.microsoft.com/mac).
Note You can customize the AutoUpdate settings to schedule the installation of
updates. For more information about how to customize these settings, see Configuring
AutoUpdate for Office 2008 in the Office 2008 Deployment section.