Display Developer tab in the Ribbon

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

Registry

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

Value name: developertools

Enabled: developertools = 1

Disabled: developertools = 0

Description

This policy setting controls whether the Developer tab will be displayed in the Ribbon. If you enable this policy setting, the Developer tab will be displayed in the Ribbon. If you disable this policy setting, the Developer tab will not be displayed in the Ribbon. If you do not configure this policy setting, the Developer tab will not be displayed in the Ribbon, but its visibility can be changed via a setting in the application Options dialog box.