Policy

Show Mini Toolbar on selection

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 PowerPoint Options dialog box.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 / PowerPoint Options / General
Policy ID 8ebf2bd2258a
Internal name L_AllowSelectionFloaties

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\powerpoint\allowselectionfloaties (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\powerpoint\allowselectionfloaties (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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 PowerPoint Options dialog box.

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