Using Office Documents in a Web World

Managing Office Web Components

The Microsoft Office Web Components are available in Office 2000 Standard, Office 2000 Professional, and Office 2000 Premium. They are not included in Office 2000 Small Business or in the standalone version of Excel 2000. Office Web Components are also available on the Office Update Web site at http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/.

Note   Office Web components require Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.0 or later. You can view the data in Internet Explorer version 3.0, but the data is not interactive.

Installing Web Components during Office Setup

By default, Office Web Components are installed in the user’s hard disk during Office Setup. You can determine whether the Office Web Components feature is available to users, or where they are installed (local hard disk or network server), by using the Office Custom Installation Wizard.

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Specifying a path to download Office Web Components

By default, the Office Web Components download path is set to the Office installation server. If you want users to be able to install Office Web Components from another location, you can specify where they install the components from by setting a system policy. Use the Download Office Web Components policy to specify a server path for them to use.

To specify a path for users to download Office Web Components

1. In the System Policy Editor, double-click the Default User icon.
2. In the Default User Properties dialog box, click the plus sign (+) next to Microsoft Office 2000.
3. Click the plus sign next to Tools | Options | General | Web Options….
4. Click the plus sign next to Files.
5. Select the Download Office Web Components check box.
6. Under Settings for Download Office Web Components, select the Download Office Web Components from check box.
7. In the Location box, type the path to the location on the file server you want to use.

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Preventing users from downloading Office Web Components

If you don’t want to make Office Web Components available to your users, you can choose not to install the components with Office. You can also keep users from downloading the components later by setting the Download Office Web Components system policy.

To prevent users from downloading Office Web Components

1. In the System Policy Editor, double-click the Default User icon.
2. In the Default User Properties dialog box, click the plus sign (+) next to Microsoft Office 2000.
3. Click the plus sign next to Tools | Options | General | Web Options….
4. Click the plus sign next to Files.
5. Clear the Download Office Web Components check box.