How to specify language settings using the Office Customization Tool (OCT)?

Description

A setup customization file (.msp file) is created using Office Customization Tools (OCTs) and applied during installation. The default settings are those listed in the OCT. After installation, you can change the default settings. The procedures needed to use a setup customization file to provide default language settings are provided in this document. The instructions listed below were modified from the ORK Deployment manual. Refer to the following links for more information:

• download.microsoft.com/download/C/6/C/.../ORKDeployment.pdf
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc179097.aspx

Steps

1. Start the OCT by running setup with the /admin command-line option
2. On the Modify User Settings page, expand the tree to Microsoft Office 2010 system\Language Settings
3. Open the folder that you want in the navigation pane
4. Double-click the required setting in the right pane
5. Select Enable and specify a value
6. Save the Setup customization file in the Updates folder at the root of the network installation point

Note: The file automatically applied when you install Microsoft Office on the client systems.

You can find an alternate set of steps to specify default language settings here.