Policy

Enable Live Preview

This policy setting configures the "Enable Live Preview" checkbox found under File tab | Options | General. Live Preview shows how a command would be applied without actually applying it to the document. If you enable this policy setting, the option is checked, and Live Preview will be shown when using Galleries that support previews If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the option is unchecked, and Live Preview will be hidden when using Galleries that support previews.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Office
Category Microsoft Word 2016 / Word Options / General
Policy ID 616b839a05a2
Internal name L_EnableLivePreview

Registry

Copy registry mappings

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

Policy notes

This policy setting configures the "Enable Live Preview" checkbox found under File tab | Options | General. Live Preview shows how a command would be applied without actually applying it to the document. If you enable this policy setting, the option is checked, and Live Preview will be shown when using Galleries that support previews If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the option is unchecked, and Live Preview will be hidden when using Galleries that support previews.

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