[[BM]Crusher]

this is how I did it (I run office setup off the CDROM, during RunOnceEx) :::

Make it fit onto a Windows CD with ease... Word, Excel and Publisher in 295mb (it fits on my cd with ease... but I am using nLite as well)

1) use the "Custom Installation Wizard" to create your Unattend.MST file (choose options for what programs you want etc etc)
2) copy your entire Office CD Original Source to "C:\Office"
3) place your Unattend.MST file in the same directory
4) Use "OfficeShrink" and point it to C:\Office\Setup.exe and C:\Office\Unattend.MST.... tell it to install to C:\XPCD\$OEM$\$1\Install\Applications\Office
5) Once it has finished you get the message "Office setup completed successfully"
6) Make your install command = %systemdrive%\install\applications\office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-

or, make Office install off the CD (saves copying 300mb of office setup files to the hard drive during text mode setup)

Same as above, except these steps different:
4) tell it to install to C:\XPCD\Office (instead of in the $OEM$ directory)
6) make your install command = %systemdrive%\install\office.cmd
7) make "office.cmd" and place it in $OEM$\$1\Install

office.cmd:

@echo off
echo.
echo Installing Office 2003 Professional
echo.
echo Please wait . . .
echo.
for %%i in (C: D: E: F: G: H: I: J: K: L:) do if exist %%i\CD.txt set CDROM=%%i
start /wait %cdrom%\office\setup.exe TRANSFORMS=Unattended.MST /qb-
exit

Note: this batch file won't work unless you put a file in your cd root named CD.txt

I've tested this a few times now... works...

[Yunus]

Thnx [BM]Crusher i'll try it out in the morning its almost 3 am here need some sleep.

Thnx cheeers