AutomaticPictureCompressionDefault in Office 2019 (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) Apps

Question

I have just uninstalled an old version of Office and installed a new Office 2019 Home and Business.

Previously, setting the AutomaticPictureCompression DWORD value = 0, turned picture compression off in Word/ExcelPowerPoint.

Using Word as an example. Going into Regedit and adding to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\16.0\Word a AutomaticPictureCompressionDefault DWORD value (hex) of 0.

This used to turn picture compression off for all files. It doesn't seem to do anything now.

For Word only and for new files only, you can set an option in the Advanced settings now. But that feature isn't there for Excel or PowerPoint.

Some questions:

Is a the AutomaticPictureCompressionDefault still the right name?

Is it still a DWORD or is it now a QWORD?

Is it hex or decimal?

Is there some other solution that works for all files without having to go into the Advanced options for every file?

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

Thank you. It works now.

Answer 2

The registry key still works for me but the key you mention is not correct.

Open HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\PowerPoint\Options

Add a DWord AutomaticPictureCompressionDefault set to zero (zero is the same in decimal and Hex)