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English Word 6.0/95 documents: registry value asiantextUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options

Policy ID
L_EnglishWord6095documents
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 › Advanced

Registry

asiantext

REG_DWORDUser
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options Current key
Enabled value
Depends on the option value
Element
English Word 6.0/95 documents
Options
ItemStored value
Contain Asian text0
Open normally1
Automatically detect Asian text2
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)
; Contain Asian text
"asiantext"=dword:00000000
; Open normally
"asiantext"=dword:00000001
; Automatically detect Asian text
"asiantext"=dword:00000002
CMD
:: Options (use only one)

:: Contain Asian text
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "asiantext" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Open normally
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "asiantext" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: Automatically detect Asian text
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "asiantext" /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /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)
# Contain Asian text
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'asiantext' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Open normally
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'asiantext' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# Automatically detect Asian text
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'asiantext' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null