Cursor visual selection: registry value cursorselectionUserHKCU\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options

Policy ID: L_Visualselection
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

cursorselection

REG_DWORDUser

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

Enabled value: Depends on the option value
Element: Cursor visual selection

Options
Item	Stored value
Block	0
Continuous	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)
; Block
"cursorselection"=dword:00000000
; Continuous
"cursorselection"=dword:00000001

CMD

:: Options (use only one)

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