Policy

Edit directly in cell

This policy setting sets the "Edit directly in cell" option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Editing Options. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Excel will allow editing directly in the cell This is the default behavior. If you disable this policy setting, Excel will not allow editing to be done directly in the cell.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Excel 2016 / Excel Options / Advanced
Policy ID cf547be316ce
Internal name L_Editdirectlyincell

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\binaryoptions\fnoincell_66_1 (enabled) = 0
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\binaryoptions\fnoincell_66_1 (disabled) = 1

Policy notes

This policy setting sets the "Edit directly in cell" option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Editing Options. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Excel will allow editing directly in the cell This is the default behavior. If you disable this policy setting, Excel will not allow editing to be done directly in the cell.

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