Policy
Use the Sensitivity feature in Office to apply sensitivity labels to PDFs
Microsoft Office 5532.1000
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting controls whether sensitivity labels powered by Microsoft Purview Information Protection are applied to PDFs created in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. If you enable this policy setting or don’t configure it, PDFs will inherit the sensitivity label and encryption from the source Word, Excel, and PowerPoint document. If you disable this policy setting, PDFs created in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint do not inherit their source file’s sensitivity labels and encryption. When the source file is encrypted, users who do not have the rights to remove protection cannot export to PDF. Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. For more information about this setting, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2220953.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\fixedformat\disablepdfprotection | REG_DWORD | 0 | 1 |
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