Policy

Turn off drag preview

This policy setting allows you to determine whether Publisher shows a semi-transparent drag preview or a simple outline of the object when the object is dragged. If you enable this policy setting, only the outline of the object is shown while being dragged. This is the recommended setting for older machines because of the resource requirements of this feature. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, a semi-transparent drag preview of the object is shown while being dragged.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Publisher 2016 / Publisher Options / Advanced
Policy ID 4972e465d4eb
Internal name L_TurnOffDragPreview

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\publisher\preferences\uselegacydrag (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\publisher\preferences\uselegacydrag (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to determine whether Publisher shows a semi-transparent drag preview or a simple outline of the object when the object is dragged. If you enable this policy setting, only the outline of the object is shown while being dragged. This is the recommended setting for older machines because of the resource requirements of this feature. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, a semi-transparent drag preview of the object is shown while being dragged.

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