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Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office

Install Microsoft Office and Language Packs.

General
+ Privacy Settings
  [Privacy Settings...]
  + Optional diagnostic data
    ☐ Send additional diagnostic and usage data to Microsoft
  + Connected experiences
    ☐ Let Office analyze your content to provide you with improvements
    ☐ Let Office download online content
    ☐ Enable connected experiences
  (Restart Office)
+ LinkedIn Features
  ☐ Enable LinkedIn features in my Office applications

Proofing
+ AutoCorrect options
  [AutoCorrect Options...]
  + AutoCorrect
    ☐ Replace text as you type
+ When correcting speling in Microsoft Office programs
  ☑ Russian: Enforce strict ё

Trust Center
+ Microsoft Word Trust Center
  [Trust Center Settings…]

Trust Center Settings

Trusted Locations
+ Trusted Locations
  ☑ Disable all Trusted Locations

Trusted Documents
+ Trusted Documents
  ☑ Disable Trusted Documents

Trusted Add-in Catalogs
+ Trusted Web Add-in Catalogs
  ☑ Don't allow any web add-ins to start.

Add-ins
+ Add-ins (COM, VSTO and Other)
  ☑ Disable all Application Add-ins (may impair functionality)

ActiveX Settings
+ ActiveX Settings for all Office Applications
  ◉ Disable all controls without notification

Macro Settings
+ Macro Settings
  ◉ Disable all macros without notification

(Restart Office)

Word

Options specific to Word.

General
+ User Interface options
  ☐ Show Mini Toolbar on selection
+ Start up options
  ☐ Open e-mail attachments and other uneditable files in reading view

Save
+ Save documents
  ☐ Show additional places for saving, even if sign-in may be required.
  ☑ Save to Computer by default

Ease of Access
+ Automatic Alt Text
  ☐ Automatically generate alt text for me

Advanced
+ Editing options
  ☐ When selecting, automatically select entire word
+ Cut, copy, and paste
  Pasting from other programs: Keep Text Only

Excel

Options specific to Excel.

General
+ User Interface options
  ☐ Show Mini Toolbar on selection

OneNote

Options specific to OneNote.

General
+ User Interface options
  ☐ Show Mini Toolbar on selection
+ Default font

Display
+ Display
  ☐ Place OneNote icon in the notification area of the taskbar

Sync
+ Sync your notebooks
  ☐ Sync notebooks automatically

Save & Backup
+ Backup
  ☐ Automatically back up my notebook at the following time interval: 1 Week
  ☐ Back up notebooks stored on SharePoint
  Number of backup copies to keep: 0

Advanced
+ Email sent from OneNote
  ☐ Add the following signature to emails and Web pages created in OneNote: ""
+ Other
  Measurement units: Millimeters

PowerPoint

Options specific to PowerPoint.

General
+ User Interface options
  ☐ Show Mini Toolbar on selection

Save
+ Save documents
  ☐ Show additional places for saving, even if sign-in may be required.
  ☑ Save to Computer by default

Ease of Access
+ Automatic Alt Text
  ☐ Automatically generate alt text for me

Advanced
+ Editing options
  ☐ When selecting, automatically select entire word

Outlook

Options specific to Outlook.

General
+ User Interface options
  ☐ Show Mini Toolbar on selection
+ Attachment options
  ◉ Always attach them as copies

Mail
+ Compose messages
  [Editor Options...]
  + Proofing
    + AutoCorrect options
      [AutoCorrect Options...]
      + AutoCorrect
        ☐ Replace text as you type
  + Ease of Access
    + Automatic Alt Text
      ☐ Automatically generate alt text for me
  + Advanced
    + Editing options
      ☐ When selecting, automatically select entire word
    + Cut, copy, and paste
      Pasting from other programs: Keep Text Only
    + Display
      Show measurements in units of: Millimeters
  Compose messages in this format: Plain Text
+ Outlook panes
  [Reading Pane...]
  + Reading Pane options
    ☑ Mark items as read when viewed in the Reading Pane
      Wait 0 seconds before marking item as read
    ☐ Single key reading using space bar
+ Send messages
  ☐ CTRL + ENTER sends a message
+ Tracking
  For any message received that includes a read receipt request:
  ◉ Never send a read receipt
  ☐ Automatically process meeting requests and responses to meeting requests and polls
  ☐ Automatically update original sent item with receipt information

Calendar
+ Calendar options
  Add holidays to the Calendar: [Add Holidays...]
+ Time zones
  Label: (City)
  Time zone: (Matching Time Zone)
  ☑ Show a second time zone
  Label: (City)
  Time zone: (Matching Time Zone)

People
+ Names and filing
  Default "Full Name" order: First Last1 Last2
  Default "File As" order: First Last
+ Contacts index
  ☑ Show an additional index
  Additional contact index: Cyrillic
+ Online status and photographs
  ☐ Show user photographs when available (requires restarting Outlook)

Advanced
+ Send and receive
  [Send/Receive...]
  + Setting for group "All Accounts"
    ☑ Schedule an automatic send/receive every 5 minutes.
+ International options
  ☑ Use English for message flag labels
  ☑ Use English for message headers on replies and forwards and for forward notifications.
  ☐ Automatically select encoding for outgoing messages
  Preferred encoding for outgoing messages: Unicode (UTF-8)
  ☐ Automatically select encoding for outgoing vCards
  Preferred encoding for outgoing vCards: Unicode (UTF-8)
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