Online Update
Specifies some options for the automatic notification and downloading of online updates to Office.
To access this command...
Choose Tools - Options - Office - Online Update.
Online Update is a module that is installed by default. To exclude, choose "Custom" in the Setup when installing Office. Check your distribution package to see if it is possible to exclude installation of Online Update.
Online Update Options
Check for updates automatically
Mark to check for online updates periodically, then select the time interval how often Office will check for online updates. Office will check once a day, week, or month, as soon as a working Internet connection is detected. If you connect to the Internet by a proxy server, set the proxy on Tools - Options - Internet - Proxy.
When an update is available, an icon in the menu bar
displays some explaining text. Click the icon to proceed.
If you unmark the check box, the icon is removed from the menu bar.
Every Day
A check will be performed once a day.
Every Week
A check will be performed once a week. This is the default setting.
Every Month
A check will be performed once a month.
Check now
A check will be performed now.
Download Destination
Displays the selected folder to store the downloaded files.
Download updates automatically
Enable the automatic download of updates to the specified folder.
Change
Click to select the destination folder for downloaded files.
User Agent
Enable the check to send information about your Office version, operating system and basic hardware. This information is used to optimize the download.