General Alignment: registry value general alignmentUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings

Policy ID: L_GeneralAlignment
Scope: User Configuration
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7
Source: Microsoft 365 Apps / Office Administrative Templates (version 5568.1000)
Category: Microsoft Access 2016 › Application Settings › International

Registry

general alignment

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: General Alignment

Options
Item	Stored value
Interface mode	0
Text mode	1

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings]

; Options (use only one)
; Interface mode
"general alignment"=dword:00000000
; Text mode
"general alignment"=dword:00000001

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Interface mode
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings" /v "general alignment" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Text mode
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings" /v "general alignment" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

PowerShell

# Common: create the key
New-Item -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings' -Force | Out-Null

# Options (use only one)
# Interface mode
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings' -Name 'general alignment' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Text mode
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\access\settings' -Name 'general alignment' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null