Microsoft T5D-01575, Office 2013 Home User Manual

OEM Preinstallation Kit Guide for
Microsoft Office 2013

Microsoft Corporation

Published: August 2012

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Abstract

This document supports the final release of the OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) for Microsoft® Office 2013.
The content in this document covers information for licensed original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
about how to preload Microsoft Office 2013 on new computers for distribution to end users.

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Contents

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 2

User Startup Experience .............................................................................................................. 2

OPK DVD Folders and Files ........................................................................................................... 2

Referral Codes .............................................................................................................................. 4

Multiple Languages ...................................................................................................................... 4

Architecture ................................................................................................................................. 4

System Requirements for Office 2013 ......................................................................................... 4

Pinning OOBE to the Windows 7 Start Menu (Optional) ............................................................. 5

Preloading Office 2013 .................................................................................................................... 6

Low-volume Installation Process ................................................................................................. 7

High-volume Installation Process ................................................................................................. 7

Updating the Installation ................................................................................................................. 9

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Introduction

The OEM Preinstallation Kit (OPK) for Office 2013 is a set of tools, documentation, and product
files that assists licensed original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in preloading Office 2013 on
new computers for distribution to end users. Preloading this productivity suite adds immediate
value for your customers and also gives them the option to purchase Product Key Cards for
Office 2013. Users are prompted to install Office 2013 on their computers.

Go directly to the procedures in "Preloading Office 2013"

User Startup Experience

After you use the Office 2013 OPK to preload Office 2013 and install the out-of-box experience
(OOBE) application on a computer, the user can access Office 2013 from either the Windows 7
Start menu or the Windows 8 Start screen by choosing Microsoft Office 2013. A dialog box is
then displayed and the user can choose one of the following options:

 Purchase This option sends the user to an online retail site to purchase Office 2013, if

the user is connected to the Internet, or displays information about how to purchase
Office 2013, if the user is offline.

 Activate This option prompts the user to enter a valid Office 2013 product key or pin,

and then leads the user through the installation of Office 2013, including the First Run
Experience.

 Try This option sends the user online to try Office, if the user is connected to the

Internet.

Users also see these options in a dialog box if they attempt to open an Office 2013 document
without having the necessary Office product installed.

OPK DVD Folders and Files

The OPK DVD contains three folders and two files in its root directory. This section describes
each folder and file.

Docs Folder

The Docs folder contains the following files:

 Office 2013 OPK guide (this document). This guide describes how to use the OPK tools

and available customization options. After reading the OPK guide, you will be able to:

o Preload Office 2013

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o Use OPK tools and utilities to create customized installation configurations

 CoConfig.xml file. This is an XML file that enables you to configure a custom preload

location for Office 2013.

OOBE Folder

The out-of-box experience (OOBE) folder contains the Office 2013 installation file,
oemoobe.msi. The oemoobe.msi file is not meant to be run by itself. Instead, run the
oemsetup.ll-cc.bat file.

Office15 Folder

The Office15 folder contains all Office 2013 products, and contains both worldwide and
language-specific installation resources for all Office 2013 SKUs

If multiple languages are combined, a multilingual installation source is created, just as in retail
versions of Office 2013.

The Office15 folder contains x86 and x64 folders that contain the installation files for 32-bit and
64-bit versions of Office 2013.

The copytoserver.bat File

The copytoserver.bat file copies the contents of the OPK DVD to a network installation point for
later use. It copies the OOBE, and Office15 folders and scripts from the source to the location
specified in the command-line parameter, overwriting any files that are already present.

The syntax for running the copytoserver.bat file is:

copytoserver <Destination>

where <Destination> is the location where the installation files are to be copied. This
parameter is required to successfully complete the command.

For example, the command

copytoserver \\server1\oem\opk

copies the files on the OPK DVD to the installation location \\server1\oem\opk.

The oemsetup.ll-cc.bat File

The oemsetup.ll-cc.bat file (where ll is the two-letter abbreviation for the language and cc is the
two-letter abbreviation for the country or culture) preloads Office 2013 and installs the OOBE.
Run the oemsetup.ll-cc.bat file for each language to be preloaded.

The syntax for running the oemsetup.ll-cc.bat file is:

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