This policy setting controls whether the specified applications can save documents that use binary file types, such as those used in Office 2003 and earlier releases. Binary file types usually have the following extensions:
- Excel. .xls, .xla, .xlt
- PowerPoint. .ppt, .pot, .pps, .ppa
- Word. .doc, .dot
If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to save binary files in the specified applications.
If you disable this policy setting, users will be able to save binary files in the specified applications.
Registry Hive | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Excel\Security\FileSaveBlock |
Value Name | BinaryFiles |
Value Type | REG_DWORD |
Enabled Value | 1 |
Disabled Value | 0 |