Policy
Show control characters
Enabling this policy selects the user option to "Show control characters". This option appears in the Advanced category when certain languages have been enabled.
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Excel 2016 / Excel Options / Advanced
Policy ID
8b58da641745Internal name
L_ShowcontrolcharactersRegistry
Copy registry mappings
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\controlcharacters (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\excel\options\controlcharacters (disabled) = 0Policy notes
Enabling this policy selects the user option to "Show control characters". This option appears in the Advanced category when certain languages have been enabled.
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