DTOO139 - The Save commands default file format must be configured.

Information

This policy setting controls the default file format for saving workbooks in Excel. If you enable this policy setting, you can set the default file format for Excel from among the following options:- Excel Workbook (.xlsx). This option is the default configuration in Excel 2016.- Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (.xlsm)- Excel Binary Workbook (.xlsb)- Web Page (.htm; .html)- Excel 97-2003 Workbook (.xls)- Excel 5.0/95 Workbook (.xls)- OpenDocument Spreadsheet (*.ods). Users can choose to save workbooks in a different file format than the default. If you disable or you do not configure this policy setting, Excel saves new workbooks in the Office Open XML format with an .xlsx extension.

Solution

Set the policy value for User Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Microsoft Excel 2016 -> Excel Options -> Save 'default file format' to 'Enabled: (Excel Workbook *.xlsx)'.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Excel_2016_V2R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-7a., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000381, Rule-ID|SV-238182r879587_rule, STIG-ID|DTOO139, STIG-Legacy|SV-85635, STIG-Legacy|V-71011, Vuln-ID|V-238182

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 8ae4622a0f8b5b5b8ca9772e1e72e65df757ef2e4cba89f45b49e59d96d21af6