Alert before overwriting cells

Policy ID: L_Alertbeforeoverwritingcells
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 Excel 2016 › Excel Options › Advanced

Description

This policy setting sets the "Alert before overwriting cells" option found under File tab | Options | Advanced | Editing Options.

If you enable or do not configure this policy setting, Excel will give a warning if cells are about to be overwritten. This is the default behavior.

If you disable this policy setting, Excel will suppress the warning that cells are about to be overwritten.

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