Policy

Turn on recording ribbon tab

This policy setting allows you to control the initial recording ribbon tab in PowerPoint. By default, the tab is not visible. If you enable this policy setting, recording ribbon tab is visible. But, the user can choose to turn off the feature manually in the UI. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, recording ribbon tab is not visible. The user can choose to turn on the feature manually in the UI.

Policy
PackMicrosoft Office
CategoryMicrosoft PowerPoint 2016 / Disable Items in User Interface / Predefined
Policy ID59b586642943
Internal nameL_EnableRecordingRibbonTab

Registry

Copy registry mappings

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\enablerecordingribbontab (enabled) = 1
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\powerpoint\enablerecordingribbontab (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to control the initial recording ribbon tab in PowerPoint. By default, the tab is not visible. If you enable this policy setting, recording ribbon tab is visible. But, the user can choose to turn off the feature manually in the UI. If you disable or don’t configure this policy setting, recording ribbon tab is not visible. The user can choose to turn on the feature manually in the UI.

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