Word Translator GPO

[Hector39]

Hi All,Translate option is greyed out in Word unless I enable "Send personal Information" under Microsoft office trust settings in GPO.Curious to know what would be the issue if this was Enabled, or if there is another workaround?

[jmak]

You'd need it to be reflected in your privacy policy. You'd also need to check why it was turned off in the first place. Most schools do turn it off in my experience. I do out of habit - if it's off, you can't get caught out if your privacy policy doesn't cover it or by sharing information that someone has taken the decision not to allow.

 

If you're sharing information in the Microsoft cloud and your privacy policies cover that, there's probably no issue, but you'd need to check the reason for sharing is covered.

 

If you don't share it, I'm pretty sure you can't use the translate function. The translation is done on their servers as far as I know.

[KK20]

We have it disabled and we can translate. I looked up the GPO registry location to confirm it was set to disabled on this machine:

 

https://admx.help/?Category=Office2016&Policy=office16.Office.Microsoft.Policies.Windows::L_Sendcustomerdata

 

We have international students who use this so I know it has worked for a long time. This GPO has been set since at least office 2016 for us (365 now).

 

I think "Allow the use of additional optional connected experiences in Office" needs to be enabled though plus "required" diagnostics at least.

Edited June 18, 2024 by KK20