Details

This policy setting governs the default format for new presentation files that users create. If you enable this policy setting, when a user creates a new blank presentation, it is in the specified default format. Users may still override the default and specify a specific format when they create a presentation. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, PowerPoint Presentation is the default option.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 -> PowerPoint Options -> Save ‘default file format’ to ‘Enabled: PowerPoint Presentation (*.pptx)’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• http://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Microsoft_PowerPoint_2016_V1R1_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Configuration Management.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

• 800-53|CM-7a.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000381
• Rule-ID|SV-85289r1_rule
• STIG-ID|DTOO139
• Vuln-ID|V-70667

Source

• Tenable.com/audits