Policy Template Files

The policy template files provided with the Microsoft Office 2003 Editions Resource Kit enable you to set policies globally for users of Office on a network. By using policies, an administrator can quickly enforce a user configuration on users’ computers when users, groups, or computers log on to the network.

The Microsoft Office policy template files (ADM files) describe all of the policy settings you can set for Office. These ADM files are used with the Group Policy snap-in included in Microsoft Windows operating systems to apply policies to users’ computers.

The Office Resource Kit Setup program installs the following policy templates in the \Windows\INF folder on your computer.

File name	Template description
ACCESS11.ADM	Microsoft Office Access 2003
EXCEL11.ADM	Microsoft Office Excel 2003
FP11.ADM	Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
GAL11.ADM	Microsoft Clip Organizer
INF11.ADM	Microsoft Office InfoPath™ 2003
OFFICE11.ADM	Microsoft Office 2003
ONENT11.ADM	Microsoft Office OneNote™ 2003
OUTLK11.ADM	Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
PPT11.ADM	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
PUB11.ADM	Microsoft Office Publisher 2003
WORD11.ADM	Microsoft Office Word 2003

The policy template files can also be downloaded from the Toolbox on the Office 2003 Resource Kit Web site.

Resources and related information

For more information about Office policies, see “Managing Users’ Configurations by Policy” in Chapter 18, “Updating Users’ Office 2003 Configurations.”