HOW TO: Configure a Policy Setting to Disable the "Office on the Web" Command in Office XP

The Office on the Web command on the Help menu in Microsoft Office XP programs opens a Web site that contains resources for Office XP. If you prefer that users not be able to reach that site, you can disable the Office on the Web command by configuring a policy setting.

Turn Off the "Office on the Web" Command

In the System Policy Editor, system policies are organized by program. Each program requires a related system policy template. Within the templates are categories for Office programs, such as Tools | Options or Disable items in user interface. Within these categories are individual policies.

To enable a policy in the System Policy Editor, you select the policy, and then click to select its check box. Then, to enforce the policy, you add extra parameters or values for the policy, at the bottom of the Default User Properties dialog box.

To use the System Policy Editor to disable the Office on the Web connections, follow these steps:

1. In the System Policy Editor, double-click the Default User (HKCU) icon.
2. In the Default User Properties dialog box, expand a specific program (such as Microsoft Excel 2002).
3. Expand Disable items in user interface.
4. Expand Predefined.
5. Click to select the Disable command bar buttons and menu items check box.
6. Under Settings for Disable command bar buttons and menu items, click to select the Help | Office on the Web check box.

There are also a number of other policy settings related to turning off users' access privileges to the Web. These settings include:

• Feedback URL
  (Expand Microsoft Office XP/Assistant/Help on the Web.)
• Office on the Web URL
  (Expand Microsoft Office XP/Help/Office on the Web.)
• Web Query dialog home page
  (Expand Microsoft Office XP/Shared paths.)
• Prevent users from uploading settings to the Internet
  (Expand Microsoft Office XP/Save My Settings Wizard.)
• Error reporting location
  (Expand Microsoft Office XP/Corporate Error Reporting.)
• Display Clips Online access from Clip Organizer
  (Expand Clip Organizer 2002.)