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Month names: registry value aradateUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options

Policy ID
L_Monthnames
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

aradate

REG_DWORDUser
HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options Current key
Enabled value
Depends on the option value
Element
Month names
Options
ItemStored value
Arabic0
English transliterated1
French transliterated2
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)
; Arabic
"aradate"=dword:00000000
; English transliterated
"aradate"=dword:00000001
; French transliterated
"aradate"=dword:00000002
CMD
:: Options (use only one)

:: Arabic
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "aradate" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
:: English transliterated
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "aradate" /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
:: French transliterated
reg add "HKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" /v "aradate" /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)
# Arabic
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'aradate' -PropertyType DWord -Value 0 -Force | Out-Null
# English transliterated
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'aradate' -PropertyType DWord -Value 1 -Force | Out-Null
# French transliterated
New-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'aradate' -PropertyType DWord -Value 2 -Force | Out-Null