Microsoft Office XP (2003) Task Pane

[Brad Schumacher]

Hi

Is there any way to disable the taskpane that opens
everytime you select to create a new document from a
Template ? This is more specific to Word & Excel. A
business that I support does not like this function as it
adds a step to be able to access the workgroup templates
that they use.
I can stop the taskpane from opening with Word, but
everytime you select File - New it appears and the users
then has to find the link to the workgroup templates.

If this can be done please let me know.

Cheers
Brad

 

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

Can you elaborate on how the taskpane interferes with the workgroup
templates?

 

[Dennis]

Brad,

Tools>Options>View>Show>Uncheck "Startup Task Pane"

The other Modules i.e. Excel, Access etc., have to be separately
de-selected.

Dennis

 

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

That will turn off the "Getting Started" pane, but the "New" command brings
back the "New Document" task pane.

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[Dennis]

With all due respect Eric, how does one get rid of the "New" Task Pane intrusion?
It is a real Pane!

Dennis

 

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

Alas, you can't remove the new task pane. The alternative (its predecessor)
was a popup dialog asking what kind of document to make, so frankly, I think
it's an improvement.

You know the hotkey to hide the taskpane (CTRL+F1), right?


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Eric Lawrence
Program Manager
Assistance and Worldwide Services

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