Policy

Show Paste Options button when content is pasted

This policy setting sets the "Show Paste Options button when content is pasted" option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Cut, copy, and paste options. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Excel will show the Paste Options button after inserting cells, rows, or columns that contain formatting. This is the default behavior. If you disable this policy setting, Excel will not display the Paste Options buttons on paste.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft Excel 2016 / Excel Options / Advanced
Policy ID6fc6f5225132
Internal nameL_ShowPasteOptionsButtonWhenContentIsPasted

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general\pasteoptions (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\general\pasteoptions (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting sets the "Show Paste Options button when content is pasted" option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Cut, copy, and paste options. If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Excel will show the Paste Options button after inserting cells, rows, or columns that contain formatting. This is the default behavior. If you disable this policy setting, Excel will not display the Paste Options buttons on paste.

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