Policy overview

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ClassUser
CategoryMicrosoft PowerPoint 2016 > Miscellaneous
Supported onWindows7

This policy setting controls whether custom templates (when they exist) show as the default tab in PowerPoint on the Office Start screen and in File | New. If you enable this policy setting, users will the see custom templates tab as the default tab in PowerPoint on the Office Start screen and in File | New when templates exist (this can include Custom XML programmed templates, templates in the Workgroup templates path, templates in the Personal templates path, or SharePoint templates). If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users will see the Featured templates tab as the default tab in PowerPoint on the Office Start screen and in File | New, unless all Office-provided templates have been disabled.

Internal name
L_DefaultCustomTab
Policy ID
217fc31e8546
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

Registry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled value
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\options\officestartdefaulttabREG_DWORD
1
0

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