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Updated information for office 2019 & 365, according to the comments received
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I found this to work for various versions, up to the latest version of Word. But please note that this will affect ALL Office applications, not only Word! I'm actually copying & adapting from this page on askvg.com . If you don't feel to edit the registry yourself, you can download the necessary automatic script from that link. Otherwise, take the following steps:

  1. Close any office application.

  2. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor and go to following key:

For Office 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common

For Office 2016: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common

For Office, 2019 & 365: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\17HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common

  1. Check if there is a key "Graphics" existing. If not, right-click on Common key and select New -> Key option. It'll create a new key, set its name as Graphics

  2. Now in right-side pane, create a new DWORD DisableAnimations and set its value to 1

  3. Close Registry Editor and open any Office application. Changes are instant: no more animations and effects.

  4. If you want to restore default animations, change value of DisableAnimations to 0 or simply delete the DWORD.

I found this to work for various versions, up to the latest version of Word. But please note that this will affect ALL Office applications, not only Word! I'm actually copying & adapting from this page on askvg.com . If you don't feel to edit the registry yourself, you can download the necessary automatic script from that link. Otherwise, take the following steps:

  1. Close any office application.

  2. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor and go to following key:

For Office 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common

For Office 2016: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common

For Office 2019: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\17.0\Common

  1. Check if there is a key "Graphics" existing. If not, right-click on Common key and select New -> Key option. It'll create a new key, set its name as Graphics

  2. Now in right-side pane, create a new DWORD DisableAnimations and set its value to 1

  3. Close Registry Editor and open any Office application. Changes are instant: no more animations and effects.

  4. If you want to restore default animations, change value of DisableAnimations to 0 or simply delete the DWORD.

I found this to work for various versions, up to the latest version of Word. But please note that this will affect ALL Office applications, not only Word! I'm actually copying & adapting from this page on askvg.com . If you don't feel to edit the registry yourself, you can download the necessary automatic script from that link. Otherwise, take the following steps:

  1. Close any office application.

  2. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor and go to following key:

For Office 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common

For Office 2016, 2019 & 365: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common

  1. Check if there is a key "Graphics" existing. If not, right-click on Common key and select New -> Key option. It'll create a new key, set its name as Graphics

  2. Now in right-side pane, create a new DWORD DisableAnimations and set its value to 1

  3. Close Registry Editor and open any Office application. Changes are instant: no more animations and effects.

  4. If you want to restore default animations, change value of DisableAnimations to 0 or simply delete the DWORD.

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1NN
1NN
  • 8.1k
  • 2
  • 22
  • 47

I found this to work for various versions, up to the latest version of Word. But please note that this will affect ALL Office applications, not only Word! I'm actually copying & adapting from this page on askvg.com . If you don't feel to edit the registry yourself, you can download the necessary automatic script from that link. Otherwise, take the following steps:

  1. Close any office application.

  2. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor and go to following key:

For Office 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common

For Office 2016: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common

For Office 2019: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\17.0\Common

  1. Check if there is a key "Graphics" existing. If not, right-click on Common key and select New -> Key option. It'll create a new key, set its name as Graphics

  2. Now in right-side pane, create a new DWORD DisableAnimations and set its value to 1

  3. Close Registry Editor and open any Office application. Changes are instant: no more animations and effects.

  4. If you want to restore default animations, change value of DisableAnimations to 0 or simply delete the DWORD.