Field shading: registry value shadefieldsUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options

Policy ID: L_Fieldshading
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

shadefields

REG_DWORDUser

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

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Field shading

Options
Item	Stored value
Never	0
Always	1
When selected	2

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)
; Never
"shadefields"=dword:00000000
; Always
"shadefields"=dword:00000001
; When selected
"shadefields"=dword:00000002

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

:: Never
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "shadefields" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: Always
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "shadefields" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: When selected
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "shadefields" /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)
# Never
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'shadefields' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# Always
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'shadefields' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# When selected
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'shadefields' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null