Show Mini Toolbar on selection

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\common\toolbars\powerpoint

Value name: allowselectionfloaties

Enabled: allowselectionfloaties = 1

Disabled: allowselectionfloaties = 0

Description

Disabling this policy setting will result in Mini Toolbar not being displayed on text selection. By default, Mini Toolbar on selection is enabled and its visibility can be changed via a setting in the PowerPoint Options dialog box.