Microsoft KB Archive/932127

= How to modify an existing Office policy file (.adm file) for Office 2003 and for Office XP to set the save-as default file format to include the new OpenXML file formats of the 2007 Office programs =

Article ID: 932127

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Excel 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office Word 2003
 * Microsoft Excel 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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Important This article contains information about how to modify the registry. Make sure that you back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows registry



INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to modify an existing Microsoft Office policy template file (.adm file) for Microsoft Office 2003 and for Microsoft Office XP. You can modify the .adm file to set the save-as default file format to include the new OpenXML file formats of the 2007 Microsoft Office programs.

You may want to make this modification if client computers have the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats installed.

For more information about the compatibility pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=941b3470-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466



MORE INFORMATION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might require that you reinstall the operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.

To modify an existing .adm file to include the new OpenXML file formats of the 2007 Office programs, open the existing Office 2003 or Office XP .adm file in Notepad. Then, use one of the following methods, as appropriate for your version of Office.

Method 1: Office 2003
  Locate the POLICY &quot;Save Excel files as&quot; section, and then add the following lines for the .xlsx, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, and .xlam extensions: NAME  &quot;Excel 2007 Workbook (*.xlsx)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 51 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC 50 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 52 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Template (*.xltx)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 54 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 53 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Add-In (*.xlam)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 55 When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: POLICY &quot;Save Excel files as&quot; KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Excel\Options PART &quot;Save Excel files as&quot; DROPDOWNLIST VALUENAME DefaultFormat ITEMLIST NAME   &quot;Excel Workbook (*.xls)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 4294963153 DEFAULT NAME   &quot;Web Page (*.htm; *.html)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 44 NAME   &quot;Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)&quot; VALUE NUMERIC 39 NAME   &quot;Excel 97-2002 & 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC 43 NAME   &quot;Excel 4.0 Workbook (*.xlw)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 35 NAME   &quot;Excel 4.0 Worksheet (*.xls)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC 33 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Workbook (*.xlsx)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 51 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC 50 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 52 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Template (*.xltx)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 54 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 53 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Add-In (*.xlam)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 55 END ITEMLIST NOSORT END PART END POLICY   Locate the POLICY &quot;Save PowerPoint files as&quot; section, and then add the following lines for the .pptx and .pptm extensions: NAME &quot;PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx)&quot; VALUE NUMERIC  33 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled Presentation (*.pptm)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   34 When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: POLICY &quot;Save PowerPoint files as&quot; KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\PowerPoint\Options PART &quot;Save PowerPoint files as&quot; DROPDOWNLIST VALUENAME DefaultFormat ITEMLIST NAME   &quot;PowerPoint Presentation (*.ppt)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   0   DEFAULT NAME   &quot;Web Page (*.htm; *.html)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC   13 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt)&quot; VALUE NUMERIC   4 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 97-2002 & 95 (*.ppt)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   3 NAME   &quot;Web Archive&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   16 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx)&quot; VALUE NUMERIC   33 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled Presentation (*.pptm)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   34 END ITEMLIST NOSORT END PART END POLICY   Locate the POLICY &quot;Save Word files as&quot; section, and then add the following lines for the .docx and .docm extensions: NAME &quot;Word 2007 document (*.docx)&quot;  VALUE &quot;Word12&quot; NAME &quot;Word 2007 Macro-enabled document (*.docm)&quot;   VALUE &quot;MEWord12&quot; When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: POLICY &quot;Save Word files as&quot; KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Word\Options PART &quot;Save Word files as&quot; DROPDOWNLIST VALUENAME DefaultFormat ITEMLIST NAME &quot;Word document (*.doc)&quot;   VALUE &quot;&quot;        DEFAULT NAME &quot;XML (*.xml)&quot; VALUE &quot;XML&quot; NAME &quot;Single Files Web Page (*.mht)&quot;   VALUE &quot;WebArchive&quot; NAME &quot;Web Page (*.htm; *.html)&quot;    VALUE   &quot;HTML&quot; NAME &quot;Web Page, Filtered (*.htm, *.html)&quot;  VALUE &quot;ReducedHTML&quot; NAME &quot;Document Template (*.dot)&quot;       VALUE &quot;Dot&quot; NAME &quot;Rich Text Format (*.rtf)&quot;    VALUE &quot;Rtf&quot; NAME &quot;Plain Text (*.txt)&quot;          VALUE &quot;Text&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)&quot; VALUE   &quot;MSWord6Exp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Simplified) (*.doc)&quot;  VALUE   &quot;MSWord6SCExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Traditional) (*.doc)&quot; VALUE   &quot;MSWord6TCExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 - Japanese (*.doc)&quot;  VALUE   &quot;MSWord6JExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 - Korean (*.doc)&quot;    VALUE   &quot;MSWord95KExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 97-2002 & 6.0/95 - RTF&quot; VALUE   &quot;MSWord6RTFExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 5.1 for Macintosh (*.mcw)&quot;  VALUE   &quot;MSWordMac51&quot; NAME &quot;Word 5.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw)&quot;  VALUE   &quot;MSWordMac5&quot; NAME &quot;Word 2.x for Windows (*.doc)&quot;    VALUE   &quot;MSWordWin2&quot; NAME &quot;Works 4.0 for Windows (*.wps)&quot;   VALUE   &quot;MSWorksWin4&quot; NAME &quot;WordPerfect 5.x for Windows (*.doc)&quot;     VALUE   &quot;WrdPrfctWin&quot; NAME &quot;WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc)&quot; VALUE   &quot;WrdPrfctDos51&quot; NAME &quot;Word 2007 document (*.docx)&quot; VALUE &quot;Word12&quot; NAME &quot;Word 2007 Macro-enabled document (*.docm)&quot;   VALUE &quot;MEWord12&quot; END ITEMLIST NOSORT END PART END POLICY  Save the changes to the .adm policy file.</li></ol>

Method 2: Office XP
<ol>  Locate the POLICY &quot;Save Excel files as&quot; section, and then add the following lines for the .xlsx, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xltx, .xltm, and .xlam extensions: <pre class="fixed_text">NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Workbook (*.xlsx)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 51 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC 50 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 52 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Template (*.xltx)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 54 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 53 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Add-In (*.xlam)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 55 When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: <pre class="fixed_text">POLICY &quot;Save Excel files as&quot; KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Excel\Options PART &quot;Save Excel files as&quot; DROPDOWNLIST VALUENAME DefaultFormat ITEMLIST NAME   &quot;Excel Workbook (*.xls)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 4294963153 DEFAULT NAME   &quot;Web Page (*.htm; *.html)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 44 NAME   &quot;Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)&quot; VALUE NUMERIC 39 NAME   &quot;Excel 97-2002 & 5.0/95 Workbook (*.xls)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC 43 NAME   &quot;Excel 4.0 Workbook (*.xlw)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 35 NAME   &quot;Excel 4.0 Worksheet (*.xls)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC 33 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Workbook (*.xlsx)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 51 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Binary Workbook (*.xlsb)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC 50 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 52 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Template (*.xltx)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC 54 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Macro-Enabled Template (*.xltm)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 53 NAME   &quot;Excel 2007 Add-In (*.xlam)&quot;    VALUE NUMERIC 55 END ITEMLIST NOSORT END PART END POLICY </li>  Locate the POLICY &quot;Save PowerPoint files as&quot; section, and then add the following lines for the .pptx and .pptm extensions: <pre class="fixed_text">NAME &quot;PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx)&quot; VALUE NUMERIC  33 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled Presentation (*.pptm)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   34 When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: <pre class="fixed_text">POLICY &quot;Save PowerPoint files as&quot; KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\PowerPoint\Options PART &quot;Save PowerPoint files as&quot; DROPDOWNLIST VALUENAME DefaultFormat ITEMLIST NAME   &quot;PowerPoint Presentation (*.ppt)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   0   DEFAULT NAME   &quot;Web Page (*.htm; *.html)&quot;  VALUE NUMERIC   13 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 95 (*.ppt)&quot; VALUE NUMERIC   4 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 97-2002 & 95 (*.ppt)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   3 NAME   &quot;Web Archive&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   16 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 2007 Presentation (*.pptx)&quot; VALUE NUMERIC   33 NAME   &quot;PowerPoint 2007 Macro-Enabled Presentation (*.pptm)&quot;   VALUE NUMERIC   34 END ITEMLIST NOSORT END PART END POLICY </li>  Locate the POLICY &quot;Save Word files as&quot; section, and then add the following lines for the .docx and .docm extensions: <pre class="fixed_text">NAME &quot;Word 2007 document (*.docx)&quot;  VALUE &quot;Word12&quot; NAME &quot;Word 2007 Macro-enabled document (*.docm)&quot;   VALUE &quot;MEWord12&quot; When the modification to this section is complete, the section should resemble the following example: <pre class="fixed_text">POLICY &quot;Save Word files as&quot; KEYNAME Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Word\Options PART &quot;Save Word files as&quot; DROPDOWNLIST VALUENAME DefaultFormat ITEMLIST NAME &quot;Word document (*.doc)&quot;   VALUE &quot;&quot;        DEFAULT NAME &quot;Web Page (*.htm, *.html)&quot; VALUE &quot;HTML&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 (*.doc)&quot; VALUE   &quot;MSWord6Exp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Simplified) (*.doc)&quot;  VALUE   &quot;MSWord6SCExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Traditional) (*.doc)&quot; VALUE   &quot;MSWord6TCExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 - Japanese (*.doc)&quot;  VALUE   &quot;MSWord6JExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 6.0/95 - Korean (*.doc)&quot;    VALUE   &quot;MSWord95KExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 97-2002 & 6.0/95 - RTF&quot; VALUE   &quot;MSWord6RTFExp&quot; NAME &quot;Word 5.1 for Macintosh (*.mcw)&quot;  VALUE   &quot;MSWordMac51&quot; NAME &quot;Word 5.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw)&quot;  VALUE   &quot;MSWordMac5&quot; NAME &quot;Word 2.x for Windows (*.doc)&quot;    VALUE   &quot;MSWordWin2&quot; NAME &quot;Works 4.0 for Windows (*.wps)&quot;   VALUE   &quot;MSWorksWin4&quot; NAME &quot;Works 3.0 for Windows (*.wps)&quot;   VALUE   &quot;MSWorksWin3&quot; NAME &quot;WordPerfect 5.x for Windows (*.doc)&quot;     VALUE   &quot;WrdPrfctWin&quot; NAME &quot;WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc)&quot; VALUE   &quot;WrdPrfctDos51&quot; NAME &quot;Word 2007 document (*.docx)&quot; VALUE &quot;Word12&quot; NAME &quot;Word 2007 Macro-enabled document (*.docm)&quot;   VALUE &quot;MEWord12&quot; END ITEMLIST NOSORT END PART END POLICY </li> Save the changes to the .adm policy file.</li></ol>

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