Policy

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.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Word 2016 / Word Options / Advanced
Policy ID cc432482ed0f
Internal name L_Usesmartparagraphselection

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options\smartparagraphselect (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options\smartparagraphselect (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

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.

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