In accordance to the general availability of the , Microsoft is now giving away “Operation guide for Microsoft Office 2010” digital e-book in PDF, DOC and XPS format. The “Operation guide for Microsoft Office 2010” e-book is aimed to anyone who has an interest to understand how to maintain and manage their installation after deploying Microsoft Office 2010. This book is authored by Microsoft Office System and Servers Team.



Contents in the “Operation guide for Microsoft Office 2010” e-book includes:

  • Maintaining and updating Office 2010 – How to apply updates and how to manage user configurations after you install Microsoft Office 2010.
  • Available updates for Office 2010 – Describes the available updates for Microsoft Office 2010.
  • Office 2010 Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool – The new and updated Microsoft Office 2010 Group Policy and Office Customization Tool (OCT) settings that are included in the download package for Office 2010 Administrative Template files (ADM, ADMX, ADML) and Office Customization Tool.
  • Apply updates for Office 2010 – How to apply updates to Microsoft Office 2010.
  • Uninstall Outlook 2010 and install a previous version – How to restore a group of users to a previous installation of Microsoft Outlook after an upgrade to Microsoft Outlook 2010.
  • Add or remove languages after deploying Office 2010 – How to add and remove language packs for an existing Microsoft Office 2010 installation and also how to identify installed languages.
  • Manage users’ configurations for Office 2010 – how to manage users’ configurations in Microsoft Office 2010.
  • Change users’ configurations after installing Office 2010 – how to make changes to an existing installation of Microsoft Office 2010.

The “Operation guide for Microsoft Office 2010” e-book is available as a free download without stepping through any registration, from Microsoft in PDF, DOC or XPS format:

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XPS format:

Update: Office 2010 official downloads and resources