How to: Hide ClauseBank options in Outlook, Word and PowerPoint

Purpose

This article will show you how to hide the MacroView ClauseBank ribbon options in Microsoft Outlook, Word and PowerPoint for the purpose of preventing access to ClauseBank in any of these applications. 

How it works

The ClauseBank ribbon provides access to ClauseBank in Microsoft Outlook, Word and PowerPoint.

If you wish to hide or disable the ClauseBank ribbon in Outlook, Word and/or PowerPoint to prevent users having access to ClauseBank, you will need to edit the appropriate registry values.

To do this:

1. Navigate to the following registry location:
   • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\MacroView\ClauseBank
2. Locate the following registry keys and change the default value from "0" to "1" for the applications you wish to hide:
   • HideOutlookRibbon (DWORD) value = "0"
   • HidePowerPointRibbon (DWORD) value = "0"
   • HideWordRibbon (DWORD) value = "0"

Example: If you want to hide the ClauseBank ribbon in Microsoft Outlook, but keep the ribbon visible in Word and PowerPoint, change the HideOutlookRibbon (DWORD) value from "0" to "1", and leave the other values untouched.