Policy

Don’t allow the use of Live Subtitles

This policy setting controls whether users can turn on Live Subtitles during a presentation. By default, Live Subtitles are off but can be turned on by users. If you enable this policy setting, users can't turn on Live Subtitles during a presentation. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, users can turn on Live Subtitles. Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 / PowerPoint Options / General
Policy ID 8999e6051d65
Internal name L_DisableLiveSubtitles

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\disablelivesubtitles (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\disablelivesubtitles (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting controls whether users can turn on Live Subtitles during a presentation. By default, Live Subtitles are off but can be turned on by users. If you enable this policy setting, users can't turn on Live Subtitles during a presentation. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, users can turn on Live Subtitles. Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.

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