Peter, that doesn't work. The UI forces you to select an MSI file. Here is a link from Microsoft, but I have a hard time believing it's actually this kludge:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2011/08/13/deploying-office-2010-with-configuration-manager-2012-beta-2.aspx
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