This policy setting controls whether users can save PowerPoint 2007 presentations as graphic files.
If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to save PowerPoint 2007 presentations as graphic files.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can save PowerPoint 2007 presentations as graphic files in the following formats (file type extensions are in parentheses):
- JPEG (.jpg)
- PNG (.png)
- TIFF (.tif)
- Bitmap (.bmp)
- Windows Metafile (.wmf)
- Enhanced Metafile (.emf)
Note - See Plan block file format settings in the 2007 Office system (http://r.office.microsoft.com/r/rlidGroupPolicyBlockFileForm2?clid=en-us) in the 2007 Office Resource Kit for more information about using Group Policy to manage and enforce file format requirements. Also, see the "File Block Technology" section in Chapter 4 of the 2007 Microsoft Office Security Guide for information about the Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion Environment (MOICE), which provides another method.
| Registry Hive | HKEY_CURRENT_USER |
| Registry Path | Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\12.0\PowerPoint\Security\FileSaveBlock |
| Value Name | GraphicFilters |
| Value Type | REG_DWORD |
| Enabled Value | 1 |
| Disabled Value | 0 |