Balloons: registry value revmodeballoonsUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options

Policy ID: L_Balloons
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 Word 2016 › Word Options › Track changes and compare

Registry

revmodeballoons

REG_DWORDUser

HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options Current key

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: -

Options
Item	Stored value
Balloons on	0
Comments and formatting only in balloons	2
Balloons off (revisions inline)	1

Apply with .reg · CMD · PowerShell

.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options]

; Options (use only one)
; Balloons on
"revmodeballoons"=dword:00000000
; Comments and formatting only in balloons
"revmodeballoons"=dword:00000002
; Balloons off (revisions inline)
"revmodeballoons"=dword:00000001

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Balloons on
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "revmodeballoons" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Comments and formatting only in balloons
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "revmodeballoons" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f
:: Balloons off (revisions inline)
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "revmodeballoons" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

PowerShell

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

# Options (use only one)
# Balloons on
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'revmodeballoons' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Comments and formatting only in balloons
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'revmodeballoons' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null
# Balloons off (revisions inline)
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'revmodeballoons' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null