Hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes must be disabled.

From Microsoft Office System 2010

Part of DTOO306 - Disable hyperlinks to web templates

SV-34082r1_rule Hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes must be disabled.

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This setting controls whether users can follow hyperlinks to templates on Office.com from within Office 2010 applications.

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The policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Disable hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes” must be set to “Enabled”. Procedure: Use the Windows Registry Editor to navigate to the following key: HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\14.0\common\internet Criteria: If the value DisableTemplatesOnTheWeb is REG_DWORD = 1, this is not a finding.

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Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Office 2010 -> Miscellaneous “Disable hyperlinks to web templates in File | New and task panes” to “Enabled”.

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Lavender hyperlinks in small type off to the right (of CSS class id, if you view the page source) point to globally unique URIs for each document and item. Copy the link location and paste anywhere you need to talk unambiguously about these things.

You can obtain data about documents and items in other formats. Simply provide an HTTP header Accept: text/turtle or Accept: application/rdf+xml.