Office 2008 file format script

[milesleacy]

Hello all,

I just thought I'd share a script I put together to set Office 2008 apps to
save their files in .doc, .xls and .ppt file formats. In our organization,
the Windows environment is not yet using Office 2007, and we don't know what
our external partners, vendors, etc. are using, so its safer to avoid docx,
etc.

Here's the script.

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#!/bin/bash

# Set Office 2008 apps to save in .doc, .xls. .ppt rather than docx, etc.

# Word
defaults write com.microsoft.Word 2008Default SaveDefault Format
-string Doc97

# Excel
defaults write com.microsoft.Excel 2008Default SaveDefault Format -int
57

# Powerpoint
defaults write com.microsoft.Powerpoint 2008Default SaveDefault
SaveDefault Format -string Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Presentation

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I hope someone finds it useful.

-- Miles Leacy
Senior Macintosh Technician
Polo Ralph Lauren
212-318-7603
miles.leacy at poloralphlauren.com

[#2]

Thanks Miles, we currently push out the Word format setting using MCX, but we were having trouble tracking down the correct key for Excel.

I can post our custom plist/preference manifest if anyone is interested.

Dan