"Yobbo" wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I hope you can make sense of this!!
>
> Basically our school has a suite of PCs running Office 2003 standard and a
> number of classroom PCs running Office 2003 professional.
>
> They all link up to a Win2003 server active directory/gpo setup and use
> custom start menus to help the children see only the programs that are
> relevant to their year group.
>
> My problem is that the Office 2003 shortcut group (ie Word, Excel,
> Powerpoint, etc) aren't standard shortcuts (eg the find target options are
> disabled and there is no basic path) so when I use say the common set of
> Office 2003 pro shortcuts they work fine in the classroom, but the suite
> PCs
> (which have Office 2003 standard) don't work with these shortcuts.
>
> Went into program files and created my own shortcuts of the Office
> programs,
> but even though the classroom and suite could open up the relevant
> programs
> (eg Word), the initial 'first user' install wasn't working because it was
> trying to find various cab files, setups, etc.
>
> Basically it looks like Microsoft's Office shortcuts are special ones and
> even though they are the same 2003 versions and programs that I'm
> interested
> in, the shortcuts between standard and pro appear to work differently.
> Does
> anybody know how to get round this?
>
> Please note that we have burst the piggy bank getting the classrooms on
> office so we can't afford to go and upgrade the suite to pro as well?
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>