Cursor movement: registry value cursormovement (word\options)UserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options

Policy ID: L_Movement
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

cursormovement

REG_DWORDUser

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

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Cursor movement

Options
Item	Stored value
Logical	0
Visual	1

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.reg

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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

; Options (use only one)
; Logical
"cursormovement"=dword:00000000
; Visual
"cursormovement"=dword:00000001

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

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