[ms office - 2007] Deploy "Save As PDF and XPS Add-in"

[Psymon]

Hi!

 

Just been doing some reading / playing and at current we only install the Save as PDF plug-in to the computers that need it. However its useful, so thought I'd have a look at deploying it to all (M$ Download afterall, should have an MSI somewhere).

 

Worked it out and the solution is below.

 

• Download the "Save as PDF" or "Save as PDF and XPS" plug-in for Office 2007 (.exe)
  
• Save as PDF and XPS -
  Download details: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS

  
  

• Save as PDF -
  Download details: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF

  
  

• Install the add-in onto a computer manually
  
• Once complete, open up the following path - "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSECache\ExPdfXps\1033\"
  
• "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSECache\ExPdf\1033\" for just PDF

  
  

• Inside here is an MSI and CAB file, copy these to your share and deploy with Group Policy, its around 300k so installs in seconds
  

 

Hope its useful

Psy

[DevilsAdvocate]

Thanks for this very useful!

[Stuart_C]

simply saving the exe file and then extracting to a folder works as well. Just a bit neater than having to install it and find the files.

[AngryTechnician]

Before you get ahead of yourself, Office 2007 SP2 now includes this functionality without installing any plugins. Deploy SP2 via WSUS or Microsoft Updates and you're golden.