Mark grammar errors as you type

UserNeeds changes for IntuneL_Checkgrammarasyoutype

Supported on SUPPORTED_Windows7 (defined in the Windows templates)

5568.1000

What it does

Defines color to use for marking grammatical errors.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry key: software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options

Why it needs changes for Intune

Policy references a Windows supportedOn definition.
ADMX-INTUNE-WINDOWS-SUPPORTEDON-REFERENCE

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off	Checkbox	`autogrammar`	On (1) or off (0)
Color for marking grammatical errorsDefault: Green	Drop-down list	`software\policies\microsoft\shared tools\proofing toolsgrammarwavyunderlinecolor`	Black`0` Blue`255` Dark Blue`128` Light Blue`3368703` Sky Blue`52479` Pale Blue`10079487` Blue Gray`6710937` Green`65280` Dark Green`32768` Darker Green`13056` Light Green`13434828` Olive Green`3355392` Sea Green`3381606` Red`16711680` Dark Red`8388608` Yellow`16776960` Dark Yellow`8421376` Light Yellow`16777113` White`16777215` Brown`10040064` Orange`16737792` Light Orange`16750848` Cyan`65535` Dark Cyan`32896` Light Cyan`13434879` Magenta`16711935` Dark Magenta`8388736` Dark Teal`13158` Indigo`3355545` Lime`10079232` Aqua`3394764` Gold`16763904` Plum`10040166` Rose`16751052` Tan`16764057` Lavender`13408767` Gray`8421504` Gray 25%`12632256` Gray 50%`8421504`

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

State Enabled Disabled Not configured

Options used when Enabled

Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off

Color for marking grammatical errors

Enabled · User · template defaults

Registry file (.reg)

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options]
"autogrammar"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\shared tools\proofing tools]
"grammarwavyunderlinecolor"=dword:0000FF00

PowerShell

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Mark grammar errors as you type
# Name: L_Checkgrammarasyoutype
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: word16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'autogrammar' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\shared tools\proofing tools' -Name 'grammarwavyunderlinecolor' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 65280

The OMA-URI is an inferred ADMX-backed Policy CSP candidate derived from the source ADMX file name and policy name.
Some Microsoft policies use built-in Policy CSP pages whose area names don't match the ADMX file name, so verify the candidate against Microsoft Learn before deployment.
The generated payload is incomplete because one or more ADMX element values were not supplied: L_checktoenforcesettingonunchecktoenforcesettingoff0

ADMX profile candidate (OMA-URI)

./User/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_word16/L_Checkgrammarasyoutype

Intune remediation scripts

Detection

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$reasons = [System.Collections.Generic.List[string]]::new()

function Test-RegistryValueExists {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    return $null -ne (Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)
}

function Test-RegistryValueEquals {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Kind,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Expected
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return $false
    }

    $valueObject = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    if ($null -eq $valueObject) {
        return $false
    }

    $actual = $valueObject.$Name
    switch ($Kind) {
        'String' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'ExpandString' { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
        'DWord' { return [uint32]$actual -eq [uint32]$Expected }
        'QWord' { return [uint64]$actual -eq [uint64]$Expected }
        'MultiString' {
            $actualArray = @($actual)
            $expectedArray = @($Expected)
            if ($actualArray.Count -ne $expectedArray.Count) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Count; $index++) {
                if ([string]$actualArray[$index] -cne [string]$expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        'Binary' {
            $actualArray = [byte[]]$actual
            $expectedArray = [byte[]]$Expected
            if ($actualArray.Length -ne $expectedArray.Length) { return $false }
            for ($index = 0; $index -lt $actualArray.Length; $index++) {
                if ($actualArray[$index] -ne $expectedArray[$index]) { return $false }
            }
            return $true
        }
        default { return [string]$actual -ceq [string]$Expected }
    }
}

# Policy: Mark grammar errors as you type
# Name: L_Checkgrammarasyoutype
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: word16.admx

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'autogrammar' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 1
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options\autogrammar') | Out-Null
}

$isMatch = Test-RegistryValueEquals -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\shared tools\proofing tools' -Name 'grammarwavyunderlinecolor' -Kind 'DWord' -Expected 65280
if (-not $isMatch) {
    $reasons.Add('Value mismatch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\shared tools\proofing tools\grammarwavyunderlinecolor') | Out-Null
}

if ($reasons.Count -eq 0) {
    Write-Output 'Compliant'
    exit 0
}

$reasons | ForEach-Object { Write-Output $_ }
exit 1

Remediation

$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'

function Set-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $PropertyType,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][object] $Value
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        New-Item -Path $Path -Force | Out-Null
    }

    New-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -PropertyType $PropertyType -Value $Value -Force | Out-Null
}

function Remove-RegistryValue {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Name
    )

    if (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

function Clear-RegistryKeyValues {
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $Path
    )

    if (-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $Path)) {
        return
    }

    foreach ($propertyName in (Get-Item -LiteralPath $Path).Property) {
        Remove-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $propertyName -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    }
}

# Policy: Mark grammar errors as you type
# Name: L_Checkgrammarasyoutype
# Scope: User
# State: Enabled
# Source: word16.admx

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options' -Name 'autogrammar' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 1

Set-RegistryValue -Path 'Registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\policies\microsoft\shared tools\proofing tools' -Name 'grammarwavyunderlinecolor' -PropertyType 'DWord' -Value 65280

History 1 retained release

5568.100010 Aug 2026
- Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

Template

Internal name: L_Checkgrammarasyoutype
Namespace: word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows
Template file: word16.admx
Release: Microsoft 365 Apps 5568.1000 · file set 8be05d876aae137d…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="User" displayName="$(string.L_Checkgrammarasyoutype)" explainText="$(string.L_Definescolortouseformarkinggrammaticalerrors)" key="software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options" name="L_Checkgrammarasyoutype" presentation="$(presentation.L_Checkgrammarasyoutype)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proofing" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
      <elements>
        <boolean id="L_checktoenforcesettingonunchecktoenforcesettingoff0" valueName="autogrammar">
          <trueValue>
            <decimal value="1" />
          </trueValue>
          <falseValue>
            <decimal value="0" />
          </falseValue>
        </boolean>
        <enum id="L_Colorformarkinggrammaticalerrors" key="software\policies\microsoft\shared tools\proofing tools" valueName="grammarwavyunderlinecolor">
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Black)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="0" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Blue)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="255" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_DarkBlue)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="128" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_LightBlue)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="3368703" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_SkyBlue)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="52479" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_PaleBlue)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="10079487" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_BlueGray)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="6710937" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Green)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="65280" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_DarkGreen)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="32768" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_DarkerGreen)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="13056" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_LightGreen)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="13434828" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_OliveGreen)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="3355392" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_SeaGreen)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="3381606" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Red)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16711680" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_DarkRed)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="8388608" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Yellow)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16776960" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_DarkYellow)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="8421376" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_LightYellow)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16777113" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_White)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16777215" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Brown)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="10040064" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Orange)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16737792" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_LightOrange)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16750848" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Cyan)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="65535" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_DarkCyan)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="32896" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_LightCyan)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="13434879" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Magenta)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16711935" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_DarkMagenta)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="8388736" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_DarkTeal)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="13158" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Indigo)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="3355545" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Lime)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="10079232" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Aqua)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="3394764" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Gold)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16763904" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Plum)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="10040166" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Rose)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16751052" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Tan)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="16764057" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Lavender)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="13408767" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Gray)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="8421504" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Gray25)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="12632256" />
            </value>
          </item>
          <item displayName="$(string.L_Gray50)">
            <value>
              <decimal value="8421504" />
            </value>
          </item>
        </enum>
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="L_Checkgrammarasyoutype" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <checkBox refId="L_checktoenforcesettingonunchecktoenforcesettingoff0">Check to enforce setting on; uncheck to enforce setting off</checkBox>
        <dropdownList defaultItem="7" noSort="true" refId="L_Colorformarkinggrammaticalerrors">Color for marking grammatical errors</dropdownList>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeWord
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeWord)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeWord" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Proofing
<category displayName="$(string.L_Proofing)" name="L_Proofing" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_WordOptions" />
    </category>
word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_WordOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_WordOptions)" name="L_WordOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeWord" />
    </category>
word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:SUPPORTED_Windows7" />
word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_MicrosoftOfficeWord
<category displayName="$(string.L_MicrosoftOfficeWord)" name="L_MicrosoftOfficeWord" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeWord">Microsoft Word 2016</string></strings>
word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_Proofing
<category displayName="$(string.L_Proofing)" name="L_Proofing" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_WordOptions" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_Proofing">Proofing</string></strings>
word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:L_WordOptions
<category displayName="$(string.L_WordOptions)" name="L_WordOptions" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_MicrosoftOfficeWord" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="word16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows:L_WordOptions">Word Options</string></strings>