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Prevent co-authoring on files with macros for Word

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

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\coauthoring

Value name: disablecoauthondocmfiles

Enabled: disablecoauthondocmfiles = 1

Disabled: disablecoauthondocmfiles = 0

Description

This policy controls whether users will be able to co-author Word documents with macros. Enabling this policy setting will turn off the ability to co-author Word documents with macros. If you disable or don't configure this policy setting, the user will be able to co-author Word documents with macros. Note: This policy setting only applies to subscription versions of Office, such as Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.