Cursor visual selection
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

User
Category
Microsoft Word 2016 > Word Options > Advanced
Supported on
Windows7

Specifies if Block or Continuous selection shall be used. Block selection parodies the selection behavior within the Windows explorer when files in a folder. You draw a rectangle with the curson, and everything inside the rectangle is selected.

Internal name
L_Visualselection
Policy ID
73e01bc91e44
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

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ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
User
Cursor visual selection
ID L_visualselection5
enum
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options
Value name
cursorselection
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Block (0), Continuous (1)
Cursor visual selection
User · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options
Value name
cursorselection
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Block (0), Continuous (1)