In Microsoft Office 2003 applications, particularly in Word 2003, a
"Getting Started" task pane automatically opens up (on right hand
side) when the application is opened and whenever a new or existing
document is opened. This is very annoying. It just tasks up useless
space on the screen and I'd rather not have to manually close the task
panes. Is there a way to set it so they don't automatically open? |
Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
09 Nov 2003 12:36 PST
Try this:
1. Start the program.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options.
3. On the View tab, click to clear the Startup Task Pane check box,
and then click OK.
Please let me know whether or not this solves your problem.
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Clarification of Question by
healthresultsgroup-ga
on
09 Nov 2003 13:49 PST
Hi. Good thinking but, alas, I tried that before (and again just now)
and it's doesn't fix it. The Getting Started task pane still pops up
every time. I've run run the Detect and Repair function (in case
there's an error that's stopping the step you describe from working
properly) but that doesn't work.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
09 Nov 2003 15:18 PST
Are you comfortable with a solution of the problem that involves
editing the registry? If so, this newsgroup thread proposes a fix (see
the last post in the thread:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&th=28dbe564679a1f26&seekm=6457AF9E-9F0D-45D8-A4D5-FEE3D5DCE035%40microsoft.com&frame=off
Please let me know if this works for you so that I can post this
information as an official answer.
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
09 Nov 2003 19:16 PST
Hello Healthresultsgroup,
Does that pane you want closed have a cartoon character also shown? It
might be the Office Assistant.
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Clarification of Question by
healthresultsgroup-ga
on
09 Nov 2003 20:39 PST
Hi, techtor-ga. No, it's not Office Assistant. Thankfully, Microsoft
allows users to easily shut that off.
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
09 Nov 2003 23:05 PST
Hello again Healthresultsgroup,
I see. I use Office 2002 in my computer, and there used to be the pane
on the right of Word showing all the recently used files. I unchecked
a box saying "show at startup" at the bottom, so it didn't appear
anymore when I started Word. Is this the kind of task pane you want
off?
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Clarification of Question by
healthresultsgroup-ga
on
10 Nov 2003 04:25 PST
Hi, techtor-ga. Sort of. In Word 2003 (and other Office 2003
applications), the "Getting Started" task pane is different than the
one in Word 2002. In addition, to having a different layout, the Word
2003 task pane does not have the "show at start up" box to check /
uncheck. When I installed Office 2003, that was the first thing I
tried to do but no option.
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Clarification of Question by
healthresultsgroup-ga
on
10 Nov 2003 04:37 PST
To: pinkfreud-ga
Yes! Your Registry fix worked! Thanks so much. Please post it as
the official answer.
Take care.
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