Adding localised language 2 Office 2003 install cd

[ZenLord]

So, is it possible? I've always bought english software because it gets distributed earlier than localised versions and because heck, everything computer-related is ought to be in english, no ?

But now I wondered: I have a dutch spellchecker lying around - is it possible to add it to the Office 2003 install cd in a way that I can chose during the installation if I want to install the dutch language pack or not? Maybe there's an app for Office such as nLite for Windows, who knows?

Hope someone can clarify this.

THX!

Zl.

[prathapml]

If you need to reduce the size of your Office 2003 install folder, you can use Office Shrinker - its right here in this forum. I reduced the size of my install, to include only word,excel and PPT viewer - and office 2003 installer is now only 40 MB.

You *CAN* have that spell-check add-on installed along with rest of the things - just find out the silent install switch for it. Mostly you need to use just the "/QB" switch, if it is an MSI-installer.

Now, whether to do this, you want to make it a 2-CD unattended install, is up to you - info available here, please search.

As for a way to have a choice, of your uA install asking you a question of whether you want to install the dutch language-pack or not, that's far easier to implement. And you have a choice of the HOW for that as well - batch-files, VBscripts, WIHU, XPdeploy, and so on.

Please choose the correct section of the forum while posting your topic!

*moving topic to application switches forum

[ZenLord]

THX for your answer!

I tried searching the forum, but I would have never guessed my question had something to do with 'application switches', so I'm very sorry to have posted in the wrong section.

On topic: the dutch spellchecker comes with an installer very similar to the office 2000-installation, complete with entering a valid Office license-number and everything. So I thought it might be possible to add the new laguage folders to the rest of the cd and then editing the installer file. This was my question - I realise now I was not very precise in my first post.

I do realise that I can add a batch file (there are several ways apparently) to the installation, but I was looking for the 'smoothest' approach - anyway, I'll try a new search with the new keywords I have learnt

THX Again!

Zl.

[prathapml]

the dutch spellchecker comes with an installer very similar to the office 2000-installation, complete with entering a valid Office license-number and everything.

If so, then just using the same switches should be enough.

And about putting these files to the office-install folders, and editing the installer, its not recommended, because it can create a lot of errors, besides the complexity involved. You can rather put both folders - the Office2k3 install, the dutch spell-check - in one silent, self-extracting archive (using winrar/7-zip). That will be more helpful in saving space occupied on the CD.