Microsoft Word 2016 Microsoft Word 2016 16.0.4266.1001 List of external file format converters to customize List of external file format converters to customize This policy setting allows you to specify a location that is used as a trusted source for opening files in this application. Files in trusted locations bypass file validation, active content checks and Protected View. Macros and code in these files will execute without displaying warnings to the user. If you change or add a location make sure that the new location is secured, with only appropriate user permissions to add document/files. If you enable this policy setting, you may specify a folder location, path, and date from which files can the application can open files which run macros without warning. If you check the "Allow sub folders" check box, then all sub-folders in the folder you specify will also be trusted. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the trusted location is not specified. Correct keyboard setting This policy setting allows you to set the "Correct keyboard setting" option in Word Options | Proofing | "AutoCorrect Options..." | AutoCorrect. If you enable this policy setting, "Correct keyboard setting" will be set. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Correct keyboard setting" will not be set. Correct accidental usage of cAPS LOCK key This policy setting allows you to set the "Correct accidental usage of cAPS LOCK key" option in Word Options | Proofing | "AutoCorrect Options..." | AutoCorrect. If you enable this policy setting, "Correct accidental usage of cAPS LOCK key" will be set. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Correct accidental usage of cAPS LOCK key" will not be set.y Show Mini Toolbar on selection Check to allow starting in Reading Layout Open e-mail attachments in Reading View Stop checking for alt text accessibility information This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from verifying that objects such as images and shapes contain alt text. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from verifying that objects such as images and shapes contain alt text. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, objects will be checked for alternative text and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking to ensure hyperlink text is meaningful This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from verifying that hyperlinks have meaningful text. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from verifying that hyperlinks have meaningful text. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, hyperlink text will be checked and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking for table header accessibility information This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from verifying that tables have a header row specified. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from verifying that tables have a header row specified. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, tables will be checked for header rows and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking for blank table rows and columns This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from verifying that blank rows and columns have not been inserted into tables. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from verifying that blank rows and columns have not been inserted into tables. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, tables will be checked for blank rows and columns and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking for merged and split cells This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from verifying that tables do not have merged or split cells. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from verifying that tables do not have merged or split cells. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, tables will be checked for merged and split cells and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking to ensure documents allow programmatic access This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking to ensure that documents have not blocked programmatic access through DRM. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking to ensure that documents have not blocked programmatic access through DRM. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be checked for programmatic access and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking to ensure long documents use styles for structure This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking to ensure that long documents have used styles to define content structure. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking to ensure that long documents have used styles to define content structure. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be checked for style usage and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking to ensure styles have been used frequently This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking to ensure that documents using styles have used them frequently enough to accurately represent the document's content structure. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking to ensure that documents using styles have used them frequently enough to accurately represent the document's content structure. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the frequency of style usage will be checked and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking to ensure headings are succinct This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking to ensure that headings in a document are succinct. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking to ensure that headings in a document are succinct. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, document headings will be checked for length and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking whether objects are floating This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking if a document has objects that are floating instead of inline. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking if a document has objects that are floating instead of inline. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, objects will be checked for floating text wrapping properties and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking whether blank characters are used for formatting This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking to ensure that multiple consecutive whitespace characters have not been used for formatting. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking to ensure that multiple consecutive whitespace characters have not been used for formatting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be checked for consecutive whitespace usage and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking for image watermarks This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking if a document has image watermarks. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking if a document has image watermarks. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be checked for watermarks and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking to ensure heading styles do not skip style level This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from checking to ensure that headings in a document are used in order. If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from checking to ensure that headings in a document are used in order. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the ordering of headings in a document will be checked and any issues will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Stop checking for tables used for layout This policy setting prevents the Accessibility Checker from flagging layout tables (i.e. tables with no style applied). If you enable this policy setting, the Accessibility Checker will be prevented from flagging layout tables (i.e. tables with no style applied). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, tables with no style will be flagged and the violations will appear in the Accessibility Checker. Rely on CSS for font formatting This policy setting allows you to configure the "Use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for appearance of messages" option found under Microsoft Outlook's File tab | Outlook Options | Mail | Message format. If you enable this policy setting, the option is checked. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the option is not checked. Do not enable additional actions in the right-click menu This policy setting allows you to configure the "Enable additional actions in the right-click menu" button found under File tab | Options | Proofing | Autocorrect Options... | Actions. If you enable this policy setting, the checkbox will not be checked, and Additional Actions recognition will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the checkbox will be checked, and Additional Actions recognition will be turned on. Mark grammar errors as you type Color for marking grammatical errors Plum Check grammar with spelling Show readability statistics Writing style Grammar Only Grammar & Style Delay before starting background spelling checker Delay before starting other proofing tools Block macros from running in Office files from the Internet This policy setting allows you to block macros from running in Office files that come from the Internet. If you enable this policy setting, macros are blocked from running, even if “Enable all macros” is selected in the Macro Settings section of the Trust Center. Also, instead of having the choice to “Enable Content,” users will receive a notification that macros are blocked from running. If the Office file is saved to a trusted location or was previously trusted by the user, macros will be allowed to run. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, the settings configured in the Macro Settings section of the Trust Center determine whether macros run in Office files that come from the Internet. Trusted Locations This policy setting controls whether the specified Office application notifies users when unsigned application add-ins are loaded or silently disable such add-ins without notification. This policy setting only applies if you enable the "Require that application add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher" policy setting, which prevents users from changing this policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, applications automatically disable unsigned add-ins without informing users. If you disable this policy setting, if this application is configured to require that all add-ins be signed by a trusted publisher, any unsigned add-ins the application loads will be disabled and the application will display the Trust Bar at the top of the active window. The Trust Bar contains a message that informs users about the unsigned add-in. If you do not configure this policy setting, the disable behavior applies, and in addition, users can configure this requirement themselves in the "Add-ins" category of the Trust Center for the application. Disable Trust Bar Notification for unsigned application add-ins and block them This policy setting controls whether add-ins for this applications must be digitally signed by a trusted publisher. If you enable this policy setting, this application checks the digital signature for each add-in before loading it. If an add-in does not have a digital signature, or if the signature did not come from a trusted publisher, this application disables the add-in and notifies the user. Certificates must be added to the Trusted Publishers list if you require that all add-ins be signed by a trusted publisher. For detail on about obtaining and distributing certificates, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=294922. Office 2016 stores certificates for trusted publishers in the Internet Explorer trusted publisher store. Earlier versions of Microsoft Office stored trusted publisher certificate information (specifically, the certificate thumbprint) in a special Office trusted publisher store. Office 2016 still reads trusted publisher certificate information from the Office trusted publisher store, but it does not write information to this store. Therefore, if you created a list of trusted publishers in a previous version of Office and you upgrade to Office 2016, your trusted publisher list will still be recognized. However, any trusted publisher certificates that you add to the list will be stored in the Internet Explorer trusted publisher store. For more information about trusted publishers, see the Office Resource Kit. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, this application does not check the digital signature on application add-ins before opening them. If a dangerous add-in is loaded, it could harm users' computers or compromise data security. Require that application add-ins are signed by Trusted Publisher Trust Center Cryptography Protected View File Block Settings Disable all application add-ins This policy setting disables all add-ins for the specified Office 2016 applications. If you enable this policy setting, all add-ins for the specified Office 2016 applications are disabled. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all add-ins for the specified Office 2016 applications are allowed to run without notifying the users, except if application add-ins are required to be signed by Trusted Publishers. Set default file block behavior This policy setting allows you to determine if users can open, view, or edit Word files. If you enable this policy setting, you can set one of these options: - Blocked files are not opened - Blocked files open in Protected View and can not be edited - Blocked files open in Protected View and can be edited If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the behavior is the same as the "Blocked files are not opened" setting. Users will not be able to open blocked files. Blocked files are not opened Blocked files open in Protected View and can not be edited Blocked files open in Protected View and can be edited Word 2007 and later documents and templates OpenDocument Text files Word 2007 and later binary documents and templates Word 2003 binary documents and templates Word 2003 and plain XML documents Word XP binary documents and templates Word 2000 binary documents and templates Word 97 binary documents and templates Word 95 binary documents and templates Word 6.0 binary documents and templates Word 2 and earlier binary documents and templates Web pages RTF files Plain text files Legacy converters for Word Office Open XML converters for Word This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Word files with the format specified by the title of this policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify whether users can open, view, edit, or save files. The options that can be selected are below. Note: Not all options may be available for this policy setting. - Do not block: The file type will not be blocked. - Save blocked: Saving of the file type will be blocked. - Open/Save blocked, use open policy: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked. The file will open based on the policy setting configured in the "default file block behavior" key. - Block: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the file will not open. - Open in Protected View: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the option to edit the file type will not be enabled. - Allow editing and open in Protected View: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the option to edit will be enabled. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the file type will not be blocked. This policy setting allows you to determine whether users can open, view, edit, or save Word files with the format specified by the title of this policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify whether users can open, view, edit, or save files. The options that can be selected are below. Note: Not all options may be available for this policy setting. - Do not block: The file type will not be blocked. - Save blocked: Saving of the file type will be blocked. - Open/Save blocked, use open policy: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked. The file will open based on the policy setting configured in the "default file block behavior" key. - Block: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the file will not open. - Open in Protected View: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the option to edit the file type will not be enabled. - Allow editing and open in Protected View: Both opening and saving of the file type will be blocked, and the option to edit will be enabled. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the file type will be blocked. Do not block Save blocked Open/Save blocked, use open policy Block Open in Protected View Allow editing and open in Protected View Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Trusted Location #1 Trusted Location #2 Trusted Location #3 Trusted Location #4 Trusted Location #5 Trusted Location #6 Trusted Location #7 Trusted Location #8 Trusted Location #9 Trusted Location #10 Trusted Location #11 Trusted Location #12 Trusted Location #13 Trusted Location #14 Trusted Location #15 Trusted Location #16 Trusted Location #17 Trusted Location #18 Trusted Location #19 Trusted Location #20 Allow Trusted Locations on the network This policy setting controls whether trusted locations on the network can be used. If you enable this policy setting, users can specify trusted locations on network shares or in other remote locations that are not under their direct control by clicking the "Add new location" button in the Trusted Locations section of the Trust Center. Content, code, and add-ins are allowed to load from trusted locations with minimal security and without prompting the user for permission. If you disable this policy setting, the selected application ignores any network locations listed in the Trusted Locations section of the Trust Center. If you also deploy Trusted Locations via Group Policy, you should verify whether any of them are remote locations. If any of them are remote locations and you do not allow remote locations via this policy setting, those policy keys that point to remote locations will be ignored on client computers. Disabling this policy setting does not delete any network locations from the Trusted Locations list, but causes disruption for users who add network locations to the Trusted Locations list. Users are also prevented from adding new network locations to the Trusted Locations list in the Trust Center. We recommended that you do not enable this policy setting (as the "Allow Trusted Locations on my network (not recommended)" check box also states). Therefore, in practice, it should be possible to disable this policy setting in most situations without causing significant usability issues for most users. If you do not enable this policy setting, users can select the "Allow Trusted Locations on my network (not recommended)" check box if desired and then specify trusted locations by clicking the "Add new location" button. Disable all trusted locations This policy setting allows administrators to disable all trusted locations in the specified applications. Trusted locations specified in the Trust Center are used to define file locations that are assumed to be safe. Content, code, and add-ins are allowed to load from trusted locations with a minimal amount of security, without prompting the users for permission. If a dangerous file is opened from a trusted location, it will not be subject to standard security measures and could harm users' computers or data. If you enable this policy setting, all trusted locations (those specified in the Trust Center) in the specified applications are ignored, including any trusted locations established by Office 2016 during setup, deployed to users using Group Policy, or added by users themselves. Users will be prompted again when opening files from trusted locations. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all trusted locations (those specified in the Trust Center) in the specified applications are assumed to be safe. Turn off trusted documents This policy setting allows you to turn off the trusted documents feature. The trusted documents feature allows users to always enable active content in documents such as macros, ActiveX controls, data connections, etc. so that they are not prompted the next time they open the documents. Trusted documents are exempt from security notifications. If you enable this policy setting, you will turn off the trusted documents feature. Users will receive a security prompt every time a document containing active content is opened. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, documents will be trusted when users enable content for a document, and users will not receive a security prompt. Set maximum number of trusted documents This policy setting allows you to specify the maximum number of trust records for trusted documents that can be stored in the registry before the purge task runs. The purge task reduces the number of trusted documents stored in the registry to the value set by the "Set maximum number of trust records to preserve" policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify the maximum number of trusted documents to be stored in the registry before the purge task runs, with an upper limit of 20,000 documents. For performance reasons, we do not recommend setting this policy setting to the upper limit. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default value of 500 is used for the maximum number of trusted documents that can be stored in the registry before the purge task runs. Set maximum number of trust records to preserve This policy setting allows you to specify the maximum number of trust records to preserve when the purge task detects that this application has trusted more than the number of trusted documents set by the "Set maximum number of trusted documents" policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the maximum number of trust records to preserve, with an upper limit of 20000. Due to performance reasons, it is not recommended to set it to the upper limit. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, the default value for of 400 is used. VBA Macro Notification Settings This policy setting controls how the specified applications warn users when Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros are present. If you enable this policy setting, you can choose from four options for determining how the specified applications will warn the user about macros: - Disable all with notification: The application displays the Trust Bar for all macros, whether signed or unsigned. This option enforces the default configuration in Office. - Disable all except digitally signed macros: The application displays the Trust Bar for digitally signed macros, allowing users to enable them or leave them disabled. Any unsigned macros are disabled, and users are not notified. - Disable all without notification: The application disables all macros, whether signed or unsigned, and does not notify users. - Enable all macros (not recommended): All macros are enabled, whether signed or unsigned. This option can significantly reduce security by allowing dangerous code to run undetected. If you disable this policy setting, "Disable all with notification" will be the default setting. If you do not configure this policy setting, when users open files in the specified applications that contain VBA macros, the applications open the files with the macros disabled and display the Trust Bar with a warning that macros are present and have been disabled. Users can inspect and edit the files if appropriate, but cannot use any disabled functionality until they enable it by clicking "Enable Content" on the Trust Bar. If the user clicks "Enable Content", then the document is added as a trusted document. Important: If "Disable all except digitally signed macros" is selected, users will not be able to open unsigned Access databases. Also, note that Microsoft Office stores certificates for trusted publishers in the Internet Explorer trusted publisher store. Earlier versions of Microsoft Office stored trusted publisher certificate information (specifically, the certificate thumbprint) in a special Office trusted publisher store. Microsoft Office still reads trusted publisher certificate information from the Office trusted publisher store, but it does not write information to this store. Therefore, if you created a list of trusted publishers in a previous version of Microsoft Office and you upgrade to Office, your trusted publisher list will still be recognized. However, any trusted publisher certificates that you add to the list will be stored in the Internet Explorer trusted publisher store. Disable all with notification Disable all except digitally signed macros Disable all without notification Enable all macros (not recommended) Aqua Black Blue Blue Gray Bright Green Brown Cyan Dark Blue Dark Cyan Darker Green Dark Green Dark Magenta Dark Red Dark Teal Dark Yellow Gold Gray Gray 25% Gray 50% Green Indigo Lavender Light Blue Light Cyan Light Green Light Orange Light Yellow Lime Magenta Olive Green Orange Pale Blue Red Rose Sea Green Sky Blue Tan Teal Violet White Yellow Arabic Hindi Action: Checks/unchecks the corresponding UI option. Custom Do not use online machine translation This policy setting allows you to prevent online machine translation services from being used for the translation of documents and text through the Research pane. If you enable this policy setting, online machine translation services cannot be used to translate documents and text through the Research pane. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, online machine translation services can be used to translate text through the Research pane. Use online translation dictionaries This policy setting allows you to prevent online dictionaries from being used for the translation of text through the Research pane. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, the online dictionaries can be used to translate text through the Research pane. If you disable this policy setting, the online dictionaries cannot be used to translate text through the Research pane. Customizable Error Messages Disable commands Disable Items in User Interface Disable shortcut keys Display Name: Enter a command bar ID to disable Enter a key and modifier to disable Enter error ID for Value Name and custom button text for Value Full path including filename (required): Browser Left-to-Right List of error messages to customize Miscellaneous Predefined Number of documents in the Recent Documents list Right-to-left Save Section of work pane to display link: Security This policy setting allows you to disable any command bar button and menu item with a command bar ID, including command bar buttons and menu items that are not in the predefined lists. If you enable this policy setting, you can enter an ID number to disable a specific command bar button or menu item. The ID number needs to be in decimal (not hexadecimal). Multiple values should be separated by commas. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all default command bar buttons or menu items are available to users. Visual Web Options... Web Page (*.htm; *.html) When selecting, automatically select entire word Number of folders in the Recent Folders list This policy setting specifies the number of unpinned entries displayed in the Recent Folders list that appears when users click Open or Save As on the File tab in Backstage view. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify the number of unpinned entries to be between 0 and 20. If you set the number to 0, all pinned and unpinned entries are hidden. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, a maximum of 5 unpinned items are displayed in the Recent Folders list. Note: If you want to prevent items from being added to the Recent Folders list entirely, you can enable the "Do not keep history of recently opened documents" Windows policy setting. Word 2003 as saved by Word 2016 Turn off file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP This policy setting controls file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP for Word. If you enable this policy setting, file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP is turned off for Word. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting this policy setting, file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP is turned on for Word. Note: Turning off file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP will also prevent co-authoring and adversely affect the behavior of SharePoint Workspaces. Allow file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP only on domain networks This policy setting controls file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP. If you enable this policy setting, file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP is allowed only on domain networks. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP functions on all networks. Do not automatically merge server and local document This policy setting determines if changes made to a server document should be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save. This policy pertains to the co-authoring experience in Word. If you enable this policy setting, then changes made to a server document will not be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, then changes made to a server document will be automatically merged with the locally-cached copy of the document on the next save. Prevent co-authoring This policy setting controls how Word opens a file for editing on document management servers that support co-authoring. If you enable this policy setting, Word will prevent co-authoring by taking an exclusive file lock. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word will allow co-authoring by taking short-term shared locks. Note: When file synchronization via SOAP over HTTP is turned off it will prevent co-authoring. Capitalize first letter of sentence Correct TWo INitial CApitals Replace text as you type Capitalize names of days Scan encrypted macros in Word Open XML documents This policy setting controls whether encrypted macros in Open XML documents be are required to be scanned with anti-virus software before being opened. If you enable this policy setting, you may choose one of these options: - Scan encrypted macros: encrypted macros are disabled unless anti-virus software is installed. Encrypted macros are scanned by your anti-virus software when you attempt to open an encrypted workbook that contains macros. - Scan if anti-virus software available: if anti-virus software is installed, scan the encrypted macros first before allowing them to load. If anti-virus software is not available, allow encrypted macros to load. - Load macros without scanning: do not check for anti-virus software and allow macros to be loaded in an encrypted file. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the behavior will be similar to the "Scan encrypted macros" option. Scan encrypted macros (default) Scan if anti-virus software available Load macros without scanning Save As Open XML in Compatibility Mode This policy setting allows you to hide the "Maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word" checkbox. For any file format that is in Compatibility Mode, there will be a "Maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word" checkbox in the Save As dialog when saving to any of the Open XML file formats. This checkbox allows users to preserve the fidelity of documents that open in compatibility mode when saving those documents to any of the Open XML file formats. Checking this box will prevent conversion to the version of Word that is saving the file. Conversion maximizes fidelity with the version of Word that is saving the file, and it is recommended for users who want their Word documents to be compatible with this version of Word. However, conversion may impact the fidelity and compatibility of some features when the file is opened by a previous version of Word. If you enable this policy setting, the "Maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word" checkbox will be hidden. The Save As behavior for any of the Open XML file formats will always maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word. The file that is in compatibility mode will be prevented from being converted to the version of Word saving this file. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the "Maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word" checkbox in the Save As dialog will be shown. Unless checked by the user, an Open XML file will be converted when the document is saved. Users will still, by default, be shown a final dialog when saving to confirm that the user wants to save the file without "Maintain compatibility with previous versions of Word" checked. Keep the last AutoSaved versions of files for the next session This policy setting determines whether Word keeps the last AutoSaved version of a file if a user closes a file without saving it. (Note: AutoSave applies only when AutoRecover is enabled.) If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Word keeps the last AutoSaved version of the file and makes it available to the user the next time the file is opened if the user closes a file without saving it. If you disable this policy setting, Word does not keep the last AutoSaved version of the file if the user closes a file without saving it. Do not display file format compatibility dialog box for OpenDocument text format This policy setting allows you to configure the file format compatibility dialog box when saving a file as an OpenDocument text file in Word. If you enable this policy setting, the file format compatibility dialog is not displayed whenever you save as an OpenDocument text file in Word. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the file format compatibility dialog is displayed when you save as an OpenDocument text file in Word. Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc) Word 97 - 2003 Template (*.dot) Word XML Document (*.xml) OpenDocument Text (*.odt) Word Macro-Enabled Document (*.docm) Word Template (*.dotx) Word Macro-Enabled Template (*.dotm) This policy setting controls highlighter marks. If you enable this policy setting, highlighter marks, both on screen and when printing, will be shown. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, highlighter marks, both on screen and when printing, will be hidden. Determines whether the symbol used to represent Screen Tips are shown in the document. Determines whether the symbol used to represent white space between pages in Print view only is shown in the document. This policy setting allows you to control the "Print document properties" setting found under File tab | Options | Display | Printing options. If you enable this policy setting, Word will print an additional page with the printed document's properties, including the document's author, filename, creation date, etc., for every document that is printed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, no additional page will be printed. This policy setting allows you to configure the "Print drawings created in Word" setting found under File tab | Options | Display | Printing options. If you enable this policy setting, Word will print graphics and floating text boxes. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word will not print graphics or floating text boxes. Instead, Word will print a blank box in the place of each graphic and floating text box. This policy setting allows you to configure the "Update fields before printing" setting found under File tab | Options | Display | Printing options. If you enable this policy setting, Word will update fields in the document before the document is printed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word will not update fields in the document before the document is printed. This policy setting controls the "Update linked data before printing" setting found under File tab | Options | Display | Printing options. If you enable this policy setting, Word will update linked data in the document before the document is printed. One example of linked data in Word is an embedded Excel chart that is linked to an Excel spreadsheet. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word will not update linked data in the document before the document is printed. Default File Location Defines a list of custom error messages to activate. Enable Live Preview This policy setting configures the "Enable Live Preview" checkbox found under File tab | Options | General. Live Preview shows how a command would be applied without actually applying it to the document. If you enable this policy setting, the option is checked, and Live Preview will be shown when using Galleries that support previews If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the option is unchecked, and Live Preview will be hidden when using Galleries that support previews. This policy setting allows you to set the "*Bold* and _italic_ with real formatting" option. If you enable this policy setting, you will set the the "*Bold* and _italic_ with real formatting" option in File | Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options... | AutoFormat. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the option is not set. Light purple Light blue Light yellow Light green Light Orange Color for split cells: Color for merged cells: Color for deleted cells: Color for inserted cells: This option determines the colors used for displaying the results of compared tables. Selecting ''none'' will track the changes, but they will not be colored in the resulting document (they will be listed in the reviewing pane). Table compare colors Balloons on Comments and formatting only in balloons Balloons off (revisions inline) Turning balloons off will show revisions inline. This corresponds to the choices in the Review ribbon. Balloons New document Revised Document Original Document Document used for result of compare: This option determines whether the results of a document compare or combine will appear in a new document or one of the source documents. This corresponds to the option in the Compare dialog box ( Review ribbon | Compare | more options). Compare resulting document Color for tracking insertions: Selects the default color for tracked insertions. This corresponds to the choices in the Review ribbon | Track changes | Change tracking options dialog box. Insertions color This option determines if white space is compared in document compare. This corresponds to the option in the Compare dialog box ( Review ribbon | Compare | more options). Ignore White Space Pink Turquoise By Author Color for tracking deletions: Selects the color for tracked deletions. This corresponds to the choices in the Review ribbon | Track changes | Change tracking options dialog box. Deletions color Track changes and compare Advanced Proofing Display General File Tab Check Accessibility Word Options 0'' 0.25'' 0.5'' 0.75'' 1'' 1.25'' 1.5'' 1.75'' 2'' 2.25'' 2.5'' Add Bi-Directional Marks when saving Text files Add control characters in Cut and Copy Add double quote for Hebrew alphabet numbering Adjust formatting when pasting from Microsoft Excel Adjust paragraph spacing on paste Adjust sentence and word spacing automatically Adjust table formatting and alignment on paste Scale content for A4 or 8.5'' x 11'' paper sizes Allow background saves Disabling this policy setting will result in Mini Toolbar not being displayed on text selection. By default, Mini Toolbar on selection is enabled and its visibility can be changed via a setting in the Word Options dialog box. Alternate revision bar position in printed document Alt+F8 (Developer | Code | Macros) Alt+F11 (Developer | Code | Visual Basic) Always Apply as you type Asian fonts also apply to Latin text Checks/unchecks the corresponding UI option. This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. AutoCorrect AutoFormat as you type Auto-Keyboard switching Automatically as you type Automatically create drawing canvas when inserting AutoShapes Automatically detect Asian text Automatic bulleted lists Automatic numbered lists AutoRecover files Auto space Print in background Print on back of the sheet for duplex printing Block *Bold* and _italic_ with real formatting Show bookmarks Border lines Checks/unchecks the option "Border Lines." Centimeters Checked: Add Bi-Directional Marks when saving Text files. | Unchecked: Do not add Bi-Directional Marks when saving Text files. Checked: For a multi-column page, revision bars are printed to the side of the column in which the revision appears. | Unchecked: For a multi-column page, revision bars are printed to the side of the page in which the revision appears. Check if Word is the default editor for all other Web pages Checks/unchecks the corresponding UI option. This option is only available if support for right-to-left languages is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Preferences. This setting also sets Right ruler (Print view only). Checks/unchecks the corresponding UI option. This option only appears if you configure Word to use an IME. Checks/unchecks the option ''Built in Heading styles''. This policy setting allows you to set the "Closing style to letter closings" option found in Word Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options... | AutoFormat As You Type. If you enable this policy setting, "Closing style to letter closings" will be set. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Closing style to letter closings" will not be set. Checks/unchecks the option "Date style." This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. This policy setting allows you to set the option "Delete needless spaces between Asian and Western text" in the group "Automatically as you type." This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. If you enable this policy setting, "Delete needless spaces between Asian and Western text" will be set. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Delete needless spaces between Asian and Western text" will not be set. Checks/unchecks the option ''Enforce accented uppercase in French''. Checks/unchecks the option ''Hyphens (--) with dash (-)''. Checks/unchecks the option "Insert closing phrase to match Japanese salutation." This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. Checks/unchecks the option "Insert closing phrase to match memo style." This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. Checks/unchecks the option "Long vowel sounds with dash." This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. This policy setting allows you to set the option "Match opening and closing parentheses" in Word Options | Proofing | AutoCorrect Options... | AutoFormat As You Type | Automatically as you type. This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. If you enable this policy setting, "Match opening and closing parentheses" will be set. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Match opening and closing parentheses" will not be set. Chinese Conversion | Convert with Options Clipart pictures Closing style to letter closings Color for marking formatting inconsistencies Confirm file format conversion on open This policy setting allows you to set the "Confirm file format conversion on open" option in Word Options | Advanced | General. If you enable this policy setting, "Confirm file format conversion on open" will be set. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Confirm file format conversion on open" will not be set. Contain Asian text Context Continuous Show control characters Convert Drive letter to UNC Convert UNC to Drive letter Ctrl+F (Home | Editing | Find) Ctrl+K (Insert | Links | Hyperlink) Dash-like characters Date style Defines color to use for marking formatting inconsistencies. Defines color to use for marking grammatical errors. Defines the default path for storing AutoRecover files. This policy setting allows you to define the default path to Clipart pictures that is set in Word Options | Advanced | General | "File Locations..." If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the default path to Clipart pictures. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, no path is specified. Defines the default path to documents. Defines the default path to tools. Defines the default path to Word's Startup folder. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify the number of minutes that Word will wait between saving AutoRecover information for the file. To prevent Word from ever saving AutoRecover information for the file, enable this policy and set the value to '0'. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, this policy will have no effect on the number of minutes that Word will wait between saving AutoRecover information for the file. By default, Word saves AutoRecover information for the file every 10 minutes. Define styles based on your formatting Detect language automatically Diacritics Use this color for diacritics Disable features not supported by specified browsers Disable MRU list in font dropdown This policy allows you to hide the list of recently used fonts found under Home tab | Font. If you enable this policy setting, the list of recently used fonts will not be shown. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the list of recently used fonts will be shown. This policy setting allows you to disable some specific commands in Microsoft Word. Commands are buttons, menus, or other items that can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar or to the Ribbon under File tab | Options | Quick Access Toolbar or via File | Options | Customize Ribbon, respectively. If you enable this policy setting then you can specify what commands in the user interface for Word are disabled. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the commands in the predefined list are all enabled in Word. This policy setting allows you to disable specific shortcut key combinations in the specified applications. If you enable this policy setting you can disable specific shortcut keys for the selected application. The predefined list of shortcut keys you can disable becomes available to you when you enable this policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the predefined list of shortcut keys are enabled for the application. Print document properties Documents Document view Used for complex scripts. Specifies if documents shall be displayed Right-to-left or Left-to-right. Always create backup copy Checks/unchecks the corresponding UI option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Save. Use draft font in Draft and Outline views Use draft quality Allow text to be dragged and dropped Print drawings created in Word Show drawings and text boxes on screen E-mail Options Enable click and type English transliterated English Word 6.0/95 documents Show field codes instead of their values Field shading File Locations Files First line indent Checks/unchecks the option "Spaces at beginning of paragraph with first-line indent" in the group "Replace as you type." This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. Format beginning of list item like the one before it Fractions (1/2) with fraction character French transliterated Print on front of the sheet for duplex printing Headings Hidden text This policy setting controls whether text that is formatted as hidden displays on Word users' monitor screens. If you enable this policy setting, Word displays hidden text at all times. Hidden text on monitor screens displays as underlined with a dotted line. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word does not display text formatted as hidden unless "Show/Hide ¶" is selected or Word is configured to show hidden text in the "Display" section of the "Word Options" dialog. Show highlighter marks Display Developer tab in the Ribbon This policy setting controls whether the Developer tab will be displayed in the Ribbon. If you enable this policy setting, the Developer tab will be displayed in the Ribbon. If you disable this policy setting, the Developer tab will not be displayed in the Ribbon. If you do not configure this policy setting, the Developer tab will not be displayed in the Ribbon, but its visibility can be changed via a setting in the application Options dialog box. Customize Ribbon Show horizontal scroll bar Ignore punctuation characters Ignore whitespace characters IME Control Active IME TrueInLine Inches Insert closing phrase to match Japanese salutation Insert closing phrase to match memo style Japanese Find Keep track of formatting Left scroll bar Logical Make hidden markup visible Copy remotely stored files onto your computer, and update the remote file when saving This policy setting allows you to set the "Copy remotely stored files onto your computer, and update the remote file when saving" option in Word Options | Advanced | Save. If you enable this policy setting, "Copy remotely stored files onto your computer, and update the remote file when saving" will be set. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, "Copy remotely stored files onto your computer, and update the remote file when saving" will not be set. Mark formatting inconsistencies This policy setting allows you to check or uncheck the corresponding UI option in the "Japanese Find" dialog. The "Japanese Find" dialog may be accessed from the Find dialog, under Home tab | Editing | Find | Go To... | Search Options | Options.... It could also be found under the Navigation Pane, under Home tab | Editing | Find | < down arrow > | Options... | Sounds Like (Japanese) | Options. The "Sounds like (Japanese)" checkbox and the "Options..." button may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. If you enable this policy setting, you will check the corresponding UI option as specified in this policy setting's title. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the corresponding UI option will be unchecked. Match ba/va, ha/fa Match case Match cho-on used for vowels Match contractions (yo-on, sokuon) Match di/zi, du/zu Match full/half width form Match hiragana/katakana Match hyu/iyu, byu/vyu Match ia/iya (piano/piyano) Match ki/ku (tekisuto/tekusuto) Match minus/dash/cho-on Match old kana forms Match parentheses Match 'repeat character' marks Match se/she, ze/je Match tsi/thi/chi, dhi/zi Match variant-form kanji (itaiji) Show measurements in units of Merge formatting when pasting from PowerPoint Merge pasted lists with surrounding lists Microsoft Word 2016 Microsoft Word 2016 (Machine) Collaboration Settings Co-authoring Converters Millimeters Month names Used for complex scripts. Specifies if month names shall be of calendar type Gregorian Arabic, Gregorian transliterated English, or Gregorian transliterated French. Cursor movement Used for complex scripts. Specifies if logical or visual cursor control shall be used. Never None Number of entries: Numeral Used for complex scripts. Specifies if numerals shall be displayed as Arabic, Hindi, Context, or System numerals. Object anchors Open normally Optional breaks Determines whether the symbol used to represent optional breaks is shown on the screen. Optional hyphens Determines whether the symbol used to represent optional hyphens is shown on the screen. Ordinals (1st) with superscript Paragraph marks Determines whether the symbol used to represent the end of paragraphs is shown on the screen. Picas Show picture placeholders Plain Text (*.txt) Points Prompt before saving Normal template Prompt to update style Provide feedback with animation Replace as you type Print pages in reverse order Rich Text Format (*.rtf) Save AutoRecover info Save AutoRecover info every (minutes) Default file format Set default compatibility mode on file creation This policy setting allows you to specify the default compatibility mode when creating new files in Word. There are four modes: 1. Word 2003: This mode disables features in Word that are not compatible with Word 2003. 2. Word 2007: This mode disables features in Word that are not compatible with Word 2007. 3. Word 2010: This mode disables features in Word that are not compatible with Word 2010. 4. Full functionality mode: This mode ensures that all new features remain enabled. This is the default setting for Word. Note: Not all file formats support all four Compatibility Modes. Open XML file formats such as .docx and .dotx, support all four modes. Word 2003 Word 2007 Word 2010 Full functionality mode Show document tooltips on hover Selects the default measurement unit for the horizontal ruler and for measurements in dialog boxes. Select units: Language | Set Proofing Language... Set left indent on tabs and backspace This policy setting specifies the number of entries displayed in the Recent Documents list that appears when users click Open on the File tab in Backstage view. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify the number of entries to be between 0 and 50. If you set the number to 0, all pinned and unpinned entries are hidden. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, a maximum of 25 items will be displayed in the Recent Documents list. Note: If you want to prevent items from being added to the Recent Documents list entirely, you can enable the "Do not keep history of recently opened documents" Windows policy setting. Sets the option to convert the file correctly. Show pixels for HTML features Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese Single Files Web Page (*.mht) Smart cut and paste Smart style behavior Spaces Determines whether the symbol used to represent spaces is shown on the screen. This policy setting determines the default file format for saving files in Word. If you enable this policy setting, you can set the default file format from among the following options: - Word Document (*.docx): This option is the default configuration in Word. - Single Files Web Page (*.mht) - Web Page (*.htm; *.html) - Web Page, Filtered (*.htm, *.html) - Rich Text Format (*.rtf) - Plain Text (*.txt) - Word 6.0/95 (*.doc) - Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Simplified) (*.doc) - Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Traditional) (*.doc) - Word 6.0/95 - Japanese (*.doc) - Word 6.0/95 - Korean (*.doc) - Word 97-2002 and 6.0/95 - RTF - Word 5.1 for Macintosh (*.mcw) - Word 5.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw) - Word 2.x for Windows (*.doc) - Works 4.0 for Windows (*.wps) - WordPerfect 5.x for Windows (*.doc) - WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc) - Word Macro-Enabled Document (*.docm) - Word Template (*.dotx) - Word Macro-Enabled Template (*.dotm) - Word 97 - 2003 Document (*.doc) - Word 97 - 2003 Template (*.dot) - Word XML Document (*.xml) - Strict Open XML Document (*.docx) - OpenDocument Text (*.odt) Users can choose to save presentations or documents in a different file format than the default. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word saves new files in the Office Open XML format: Word files have a .docx extension. For users who run recent versions of Word, Microsoft offers the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, which enables them to open and save Office Open XML files. If some users in your organization cannot install the Compatibility Pack, or are running versions of Word older than Microsoft Office 2000 with Service Pack 3, they might not be able to access Office Open XML files. This policy setting is often set in combination with the "Save As Open XML in Compatibility Mode" policy setting. This policy setting allows you to configure when the background grammar check is started. If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the delay, in milliseconds, before the background grammar check is started. This setting only applies when Word is running in a terminal server session. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word will behave normally when in a terminal server session. This policy setting allows you to configure when the background spell check is started. If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the delay, in milliseconds, before the background spell check is started. This setting only applies when Word is running in a terminal server session. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Word will behave normally when in a terminal server session. Specifies the writing style Word uses when checking the active document. Specifies when field shading is displayed. This policy setting allows you to disable any shortcut key by using its virtual key code ID, including shortcut keys that are not in the predefined lists. If you enable this policy setting, you can enter a virtual key code ID number to disable a specific shortcut key. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, all default shortcut keys are enabled for users. Startup Store random number to improve merge accuracy Straight quotes with smart quotes Style area pane width in Draft and Outline views This policy setting allows you to set the width of the style area that shows the names of applied styles to the side of document text. If you enable this policy setting, you may specify the width of the style area. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default width is used. Symbol characters (--) with symbols System Tab characters Determines whether the symbol used to represent tabs is shown on the screen. Tables Show text boundaries Tools Tools | Compare and Merge Documents, Legal blackline Review Tab Traditional Chinese to Simplified Chinese Convert common terms Checks/unchecks the corresponding UI option in the "Chinese Conversion" dialog, which found under Review tab | Convert with Options button. This may only be visible when Chinese is enabled as an editing language. Translation direction This policy setting allows you to set the default translation direction for Chinese text. If you enable this policy setting, the selected option will check the corresponding checkbox in the "Chinese Conversion" dialog. This dialog is found in the Review tab | "Convert with Options" button. This may only be visible when Chinese is enabled as an editing language. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, either translation direction may be set. Trust access to Visual Basic Project This policy setting controls whether automation clients such as Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Microsoft Office (VSTO) can access the Visual Basic for Applications project system in the specified applications. VSTO projects require access to the Visual Basic for Applications project system in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, even though the projects do not use Visual Basic for Applications. Design-time support of controls in both Visual Basic and C# projects depends on the Visual Basic for Applications project system in Word and Excel. If you enable this policy setting, VSTO and other automation clients can access the Visual Basic for Applications project system in the specified applications. Users will not be able to change this behavior through the "Trust access to the VBA project object model" user interface option under the Macro Settings section of the Trust Center. If you disable this policy setting, VSTO does not have programmatic access to VBA projects. In addition, the "Trust access to the VBA project object model" check box is cleared and users cannot change it. Note: Disabling this policy setting prevents VSTO projects from interacting properly with the VBA project system in the selected application. If you do not configure this policy setting, automation clients do not have programmatic access to VBA projects. Users can enable this by selecting the "Trust access to the VBA project object model" in the "Macro Settings" section of the Trust Center. However, doing so allows macros in any documents the user opens to access the core Visual Basic objects, methods, and properties, which represents a potential security hazard. Type and replace This policy setting allows you to check or uncheck the "Type and Replace" checkbox found under File tab | Options | Advanced. This checkbox may only be shown when certain South East Asian languages, such as Thai or Vietnamese, are enabled. South Asian languages follow stringent grammatical rules that dictate which textual character elements are allowed next to one another in the composition of words. To compound the complexity of correctly entering South Asian characters, text includes both simple characters and characters that include one or more markings such as diacritics, tone marks, vowels, and accents— for example, in Thai, leading vowels are normally followed by a consonant that does or does not include vowel markings, but diacritics are located below it. To assist you in correctly entering characters in your document that prescribe to the grammar rules for the enabled South Asian language, Word can automatically check the text for you. Word can also make logical substitutions for you by using Type and Replace, a complementary feature. Sequence checking can be used by itself or in combination with Type and Replace. When sequence checking only is selected, Word will not allow an invalid character to be typed at the insertion point. If Type and Replace is also selected, Word will insert or replace an existing character to make a valid sequence. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, the "Type and Replace" checkbox is checked. If you disable this policy setting, the "Type and Replace" checkbox is unchecked. Typing replaces selected text Update automatic links at Open Update fields before printing Update linked data before printing Show measurements in width of characters Checks/unchecks the corresponding UI option. This option may be hidden in Word until certain editing languages are enabled. Use CTRL + Click to follow hyperlink Use Drive letter or UNC as entered Use sequence checking Use smart paragraph selection This policy setting controls the "Use smart paragraph selection" option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Editing options. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Word will automatically select the paragraph mark at the end of a selected range of text. If you disable this policy setting, Word will not automatically select the paragraph mark at the end of a selected range of text. However, a user can still select the paragraph mark manually. Use Taiwan, Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR character variants This policy setting allows you to configure the "Chinese Conversion" dialog, which is accessed by the "Convert with Options" button in the Review tab. This may only be visible when Chinese is enabled as an editing language. If you enable this policy setting, the option is selected. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the option is not selected. Use the Insert key for paste Show vertical ruler in Print Layout view Show vertical scroll bar Cursor visual selection Specifies if Block or Continuous selection shall be used. Block selection parodies the selection behavior within the Windows explorer when files in a folder. You draw a rectangle with the curson, and everything inside the rectangle is selected. Volume preference This policy setting allows you to configure Microsoft Word to retain file path information when you work with files on a network server, either as a mapped drive (Z:\Folder_Name\File_Name) or as Universal Naming Convention (UNC) (\\Share_Name\File_Name). If you enable this policy setting, you may select one of these options: - Use Drive letter or UNC as entered - Convert Drive letter to UNC - Convert UNC to Drive letter If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default option is "Use Drive letter or UNC as entered." Open files on local Intranet UNC in Protected View This policy setting lets you determine if files on local Intranet UNC file shares open in Protected View. If you enable this policy setting, files on local Intranet UNC file shares open in Protected View if their UNC paths appear to be within the Internet zone. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, files on Intranet UNC file shares do not open in Protected View if their UNC paths appear to be within the Internet zone. Do not open files in unsafe locations in Protected View This policy setting lets you determine if files located in unsafe locations will open in Protected View. If you have not specified unsafe locations, only the "Downloaded Program Files" and "Temporary Internet Files" folders are considered unsafe locations. If you enable this policy setting, files located in unsafe locations do not open in Protected View. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, files located in unsafe locations open in Protected View. Do not open files from the Internet zone in Protected View This policy setting allows you to determine if files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. If you enable this policy setting, files downloaded from the Internet zone do not open in Protected View. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, files downloaded from the Internet zone open in Protected View. Turn off Protected View for attachments opened from Outlook This policy setting allows you to determine if Word files in Outlook attachments open in Protected View. If you enable this policy setting, Outlook attachments do not open in Protected View. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Outlook attachments open in Protected View. Configure CNG cipher chaining mode This policy setting allows you to configure the cipher chaining mode used. If you enable this policy setting, the cipher chaining mode specified will be applied. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) will be the default CNG cipher chaining mode used. Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) Cipher Feedback (CFB) Set CNG cipher key length This policy setting allows you to configure the number of bits to use when creating the cipher key. This number will be rounded down to a multiple of 8. If you enable this policy setting, the key bits specified will be used. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default value will be used. Specify encryption compatibility This policy setting allows you to specify the encrypted database compatibility. If you enable this policy setting, the compatibility format specified will be applied during encryption for new files - Use legacy format - Use next generation format - All files save with next generation format If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default setting, "Use next generation format," will be applied. Use legacy format Use next generation format All files save with next generation format Set CNG cipher algorithm This policy setting allows you to configure the CNG cipher algorithm that is used. If you enable this policy setting, then the cipher provided will be used if it is a supported algorithm. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, AES will be used. Set parameters for CNG context This policy setting allows you to specify the encryption parameters that should be used for the CNG context. If you enable this policy setting, the parameters specified will be passed to the CNG context. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default CNG values will be used. Specify CNG hash algorithm This policy setting allows you to specify the hash algorithm used. If you enable this policy setting, the hashing algorithm selected will be used by CNG. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default CNG hash algorithm will be used. SHA1 SHA256 SHA384 SHA512 Use new key on password change This policy setting allows you to specify if a new encryption key is used when the password is changed. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, a new intermediate key is generated when the password is changed. This causes any extra key encryptors to be removed when the file is saved. If you disable this policy setting, a new intermediate key is not generated when the password is changed. Set CNG password spin count This policy setting allows you to specify the number of times to spin (rehash) the password verifier. If you enable this policy setting, the number specified will be the number of times the password will be rehashed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default (100000) will be used. Specify CNG random number generator algorithm This policy setting allows you to configure the CNG random number generator to use. If you enable this policy setting, the random number generator specified will be used. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default random number generator will be used. Specify CNG salt length This policy setting allows you to specify the number of bytes of salt that should be used. If you enable this policy setting, the bytes specified will be used. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the default length of 16 will be used. Turn off Trusted Documents on the network This policy setting allows you to turn off the trusted documents feature for documents opened from the network. If you enable this policy setting, users will always see security notifications for active content such as macros, ActiveX controls, data connections, etc. for documents opened from the network. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the trusted documents feature allows users to always allow active content in documents such as macros, ActiveX controls, data connections, etc. so that users are not prompted the next time they open the documents. Trusted documents are exempt from security notifications. Set document behavior if file validation fails This policy setting controls how Office handles documents when they fail file validation. If you enable this policy setting, you can configure the following options for files that fail file validation: - Block files completely. Users cannot open the files. - Open files in Protected View and disallow edit. Users cannot edit the files. This is also how Office handles the files if you disable this policy setting. - Open files in Protected View and allow edit. Users can edit the files. This is also how Office handles the files if you do not configure this policy setting. If you disable this policy setting, Office follows the "Open files in Protected View and disallow edit" behavior. If you do not configure this policy setting, Office follows the "Open files in Protected View and allow edit" behavior. Block files Open in Protected View Turn off file validation This policy setting allows you turn off the file validation feature. If you enable this policy setting, file validation will be turned off. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, file validation will be turned on. Office Binary Documents (97-2003) are checked to see if they conform against the file format schema before they are opened. Warn before printing, saving or sending a file that contains tracked changes or comments Web Page, Filtered (*.htm, *.html) When selected If you enable this policy setting, a comparison between two documents automatically generates a new Legal Blackline document, leaving the original documents unchanged. Show white space between pages in Print Layout view Word 2.x for Windows (*.doc) Word 5.0 for Macintosh (*.mcw) Word 5.1 for Macintosh (*.mcw) Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Simplified) (*.doc) Word 6.0/95 - Chinese (Traditional) (*.doc) Word 6.0/95 (*.doc) Word 6.0/95 - Japanese (*.doc) Word 6.0/95 - Korean (*.doc) Word 97-2002 & 6.0/95 - RTF Word Document (*.docx) WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS (*.doc) WordPerfect 5.x for Windows (*.doc) Works 4.0 for Windows (*.wps) Show text wrapped within the document window Allow accented uppercase in French Full path including filename (required): Date: Full path including filename (required): Path: Allow sub folders: Numeral Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Date: Display Name: Allow sub folders: Display Name: Tools Document view Full path including filename (required): Clipart pictures Section of work pane to display link: Action: Section of work pane to display link: Action: Section of work pane to display link: Description: Description: Action: Allow sub folders: Description: Description: Full path including filename (required): Date: Date: Translation direction Description: Month names Path: Date: Action: Path: Display Name: Section of work pane to display link: Display Name: Description: Description: Section of work pane to display link: Description: Date: Cursor visual selection List of error messages to customize Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Path: Date: Display Name: English Word 6.0/95 documents Display Name: Action: Section of work pane to display link: Section of work pane to display link: Allow sub folders: Miscellaneous Server Settings Volume preference Date: Cursor movement Path: Section of work pane to display link: Date: Action: Full path including filename (required): Field shading Disable shortcut keys Path: Description: Startup Date: Allow sub folders: Allow sub folders: Path: Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off Action: Description: Date: Display Name: Display Name: Date: Path: Date: Allow sub folders: Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off Allow sub folders: Description: Description: Description: Allow sub folders: Action: Description: Path: AutoRecover files Full path including filename (required): Path: Writing style Path: Display Name: Allow sub folders: Disable commands Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: e.g. 5000 milliseconds = 5 seconds Allow sub folders: Allow sub folders: Full path including filename (required): Path: Action: Date: Full path including filename (required): Full path including filename (required): Date: Date: Allow sub folders: Allow sub folders: Allow sub folders: Path: Allow sub folders: Path: Description: Description: Description: Section of work pane to display link: Description: Path: Path: Block all unmanaged add-ins This policy setting blocks all add-ins that are not managed by the "List of managed add-ins" policy setting. If you enable this policy setting, and the "List of managed add-ins" policy setting is also enabled, all add-ins are blocked except those that are configured as 1 (always enabled) or 2 (configurable by the user) in the "List of managed add-ins" policy setting. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can enable or disable any add-ins that are not managed by the "List of managed add-ins" policy setting. List of managed add-ins List of managed add-ins This policy setting allows you to specify which add-ins are always enabled, always disabled (blocked), or configurable by the user. To block add-ins that are not managed by this policy setting, you must also configure the "Block all unmanaged add-ins" policy setting. To enable this policy setting, provide the following information for each add-in: In "Value name," specify the programmatic identifier (ProgID) for COM add-ins, or specify the file name of Word add-ins. To obtain the ProgID for an add-in, use Registry Editor on the client computer where the add-in is installed to locate key names under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins or HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Word\Addins. To obtain the file name of an add-in, click the File menu in the application where the add-in is installed. Click Options, click Add-ins, and then use the Location column to determine the file name of the add-in. You can also obtain the ProgID or the file name of an add-in by using Office Telemetry Dashboard. In "Value," specify the value as follows: To specify that an add-in is always disabled (blocked), type 0. To specify that an add-in is always enabled, type 1. To specify that an add-in is configurable by the user and not blocked by the "Block all unmanaged add-ins" policy setting when enabled, type 2. If you disable or do not enable this policy setting, the list of managed add-ins is deleted. If the "Block all unmanaged add-ins" policy setting is enabled, then all add-ins are blocked. To specify that a Word add-in is always enabled, in addition to configuring this policy setting, you must also specify a location that is used as a trusted source for open files in Word. To do this, configure the "Trusted Locations" policy setting at User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Microsoft Word 2016\Word Options\Security\Trust Center, and then move the add-in file into the trusted location. Custom markup warning This policy setting specifies how Word behaves when opening a document that contains custom XML markup. If you enable this policy setting, you can set the behavior to one of the following: - 0: Do not prompt the user and silently remove the custom XML markup. - 1: Prompt the user regarding the loss of custom XML markup. This is the default option. - 2: Prompt the user regarding the loss of custom XML markup, and do not allow them to suppress this prompt. - 3: Prompt the user regarding the loss of custom XML markup, and open the file read-only. - 4: Prompt the user regarding the loss of custom XML markup, do not allow them to suppress this prompt, and open the file read-only. - 5: Do not prompt the user and silently remove the custom XML markup, but open the file read-only. Do not prompt Prompt Always prompt Prompt and open the file read-only Always prompt and open the file read-only Do not prompt and open the file read-only Allow formatting and labels to track data points This policy setting governs how custom formatting and data labels react to data changes in a chart. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, when the user creates a new presentation, custom formatting and data labels follow data points as they move or change in any chart in the workbook. If you disable this policy setting, custom formatting and data labels do not follow data points, but instead follow data point indices. This policy setting specifies whether to prompt users to change their file extensions association if any of the file type extensions that were associated with Word, are no longer associated with Word. If you enable this policy setting, users will never be prompted on program start whenever any of these file types are associated with other applications. If the policy is Enabled, the checkbox under “File->Options-> General -> Start up options-> Tell me …” is Disabled and Unchecked. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting users will be prompted on program start whenever any of these file types are associated with other applications. Users can change the behavior of the feature either by checking the checkbox presented in the prompt or by checking the checkbox under “File->Options-> General -> Start up options-> Tell me …” If the policy is Not Configured or disabled the checkbox is Enabled and Checked by default. Prompt the user if Word is not the default application for its file extensions Disable the Office Start screen for Word This policy setting controls whether the Office Start screen appears on boot for Word. If you enable this policy setting, users will not see the Office Start screen when they boot Word. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Office Start screen when they boot Word. Note: This policy setting is overridden by the policy setting "Microsoft Office 2016 > Miscellaneous > Disable the Office Start screen for all Office applications" if that policy setting is set. Personal templates path for Word This policy setting specifies the location of a user's personal templates. If you enable this policy setting, users will see any templates they have saved in the specified location in the custom templates tab on the Office Start screen and in File | New and when saving a template their default folder will change to be the specified location. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will not see templates they have saved in the custom templates tab on the Office Start screen and in File | New and when saving a template their default folder will be their document save location. Show custom templates tab by default in Word on the Office Start screen and in File | New This policy setting controls whether custom templates (when they exist) show as the default tab in Word on the Office Start screen and in File | New. If you enable this policy setting, users will the see custom templates tab as the default tab in Word on the Office Start screen and in File | New when templates exist (this can include Custom XML programmed templates, templates in the Workgroup templates path, templates in the Personal templates path, or SharePoint templates). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Featured templates tab as the default tab in Word on the Office Start screen and in File | New, unless all Office-provided templates have been disabled. Strict Open XML Document (*.docx) Show pictures in comments This policy setting determines whether or not comments show pictures. Set the minimum zoom level for expand / collapse on-object UI This policy setting allows you to specify the minimum zoom level percentage at which point the expand/collapse on-object UI stops rendering. Regardless of the value specified for this policy setting, the expand / collapse feature is still available from the context menu for headings. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify a minimum zoom level percentage from 0-500. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the minimum zoom level is set to 50%. Set the maximum zoom level for expand / collapse on-object UI This policy setting allows you to specify the maximum zoom level percentage at which point the expand/collapse on-object UI stops rendering. Regardless of the value specified for this policy setting, the expand / collapse feature is still available from the context menu for headings. If you enable this policy setting, you can specify a maximum zoom level percentage from 0-500. If you specify a value of 0, the on-object UI never renders. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there will be no maximum. Disable Real Time Coauthoring for Word This policy lets admins disable Real Time Coauthoring. They may want to do so if they have solutions that are not compatible with some elements of real time coauthoring, such as add-ins that would trigger too often due to Real Time Coauthoring causing the frequent saving of user content. If you enable this policy setting, it will prevent Real Time Coauthoring. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will be able to experience Real Time Coauthoring feature. Check to allow starting in Reading Layout Color for tracking deletions: Color for tracking insertions: Document used for result of compare: Color for inserted cells: Color for deleted cells: Color for merged cells: Color for split cells: Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off Color for marking grammatical errors Writing style Milliseconds (e.g. 5000 milliseconds = 5 seconds) Milliseconds (e.g. 5000 milliseconds = 5 seconds) Save AutoRecover info every (minutes) Save Word files as Cursor movement Cursor visual selection Field shading Document view Number of entries: Select units: Style area pane width in Draft and Outline views This setting also sets Right ruler (Print view only) English Word 6.0/95 documents Documents Clipart pictures AutoRecover files Tools Startup Numeral Month names Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off Color for marking formatting inconsistencies Cipher key length CNG cipher algorithm: Parameters Random number generator: Number of bytes Maximum number: Maximum to preserve: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: File block setting: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Path: Date: Description: Allow sub folders: Checked: Allow edit. Unchecked: Do not allow edit. Translation direction List of error messages to customize Enter error ID for Value Name and custom button text for Value File tab | Options | ("Customize Ribbon" or "Quick Access Toolbar") | All Commands | Web Page Preview File tab | Share | Email Insert tab | Links | Hyperlink File tab | Info | Protect Document View tab | Macros | Macros Developer tab | Code | Macros Developer tab | Code | Record Macro Developer tab | Code | Macro Security Developer tab | Code | Visual Basic Developer tab | Templates | Document Template File tab | Options | ("Customize Ribbon" or "Quick Access Toolbar") | All Commands | Document Location Ctrl+F (Home | Editing | Find) Ctrl+K (Insert | Links | Hyperlink) Alt+F8 (Developer | Code | Macros) Alt+F11 (Developer | Code | Visual Basic) Enter a command bar ID to disable Enter a key and modifier to disable Volume preference List of managed add-ins Custom markup warning: Personal templates path Set the minimum zoom level for expand / collapse on-object UI Set the maximum zoom level for expand / collapse on-object UI