Turn off Live Preview in the Shapes window

This policy setting turns off the Live Preview in the Shapes window feature, which shows shapes in the Shapes window with the detail and color depth they will have in a drawing, including theme colors and effects.

If you enable this policy setting, Live Preview in the Shapes Window is turned off.

If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, Live Preview in the Shapes Window is turned on.

Supported on: At least Windows 7

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry Pathsoftware\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\visio\application
Value Namelivepreviewmasters
Value TypeREG_SZ
Enabled Value0
Disabled Value1

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