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Configuring Entourage 2008 preferences
You can standardize the settings for Entourage 2008 in your organization by configuring
preferences for the application and then deploying these preferences to users on the network.
Important
Use the same administrator account each time that you customize settings so that all
preferences are stored in the same folder on the computer. This is especially important if
you will be using Workgroup Manager to manage preferences later. Workgroup
Manager uses the preference files that are located in the home folder of the
administrator who is currently logged in.
When you customize Entourage 2008, the information that you provide (such as preference
settings and server names) is divided, in each of the following two locations:
• The Entourage 2008 identity database under the active identity name (in
/Users/username/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2008 Identities/Main Identity)
• The Entourage 2008 preference file, com.microsoft.Entourage.plist (in
/Users/username/Library/Preferences)
To deploy the customized information, you deploy both the preference files and the identity
database. The default name of this identity database and of the folder that contains the database
is "Main Identity."
Note The Entourage 2008 identity stores mailing lists, rules, signatures, address books, tasks,
calendars, account settings, Project Center information, and various preference settings. Before
you deploy a new identity to a user's computer, you must do one of two things:
• Back up any existing Entourage identity databases on each user's computer by making
a copy of the database or databases that exist on that computer and storing this copy
in a different location on the computer.
• Rename the existing Entourage identities. You may want to create and deploy a script
for renaming the existing identity or identities on each computer.
After you have deployed the Office 2008 applications, users can import information from their
previous identities. For more information, see Entourage 2008 Help.
To set preferences in Entourage, on the
Entourage menu, click Preferences.
The following sections provide examples of the different types of preferences that you can set in
Entourage 2008.