Task Pane

[Stan]

Using Word 2003. While trying to solve a problem I put back default settings
and now I can't get rid of the Getting Started task pane on the right side
of a document. I uncheck the task pane command in View and it disappears but
comes back the next time I try to use Word.
In online help I see another way to solve the problem in the registry but I
am leary about that. I am told to back up the registry but in the past
whenever i try to do a backup by exporting the registry, when I try to get
it back I was told I couldn't get a good backup. Any other suggestions?
Stan

 

[Stan]

Solved my Task Pane problem by installing Task Pane Controller in Tools.
This lets me set to keep task pane closed on startup or close after opening
a document. Learned about it from Microsoft newsgroup.
Stan

 

[Michael Bednarek]

Using Word 2003. While trying to solve a problem I put back default settings
and now I can't get rid of the Getting Started task pane on the right side
of a document. I uncheck the task pane command in View and it disappears but
comes back the next time I try to use Word.
In online help I see another way to solve the problem in the registry but I
am leary about that. I am told to back up the registry but in the past
whenever i try to do a backup by exporting the registry, when I try to get
it back I was told I couldn't get a good backup. Any other suggestions?

Did you check the state of: Tools/Options/View/Show: Startup Task pane?

 

[Stan]

Yes, Michael, I did as I mentioned in my previous post. I am happy to state
that the Task Controller did the trick and my problem is solved. Thanks for
the input.
Stan

 

[Michael Bednarek]

Yes, Michael, I did as I mentioned in my previous post. I am happy to state
that the Task Controller did the trick and my problem is solved. Thanks for
the input.

I understood your previous message to mean that you turned the Task Pane
off via View/Task Pane, keyboard equivalent Ctrl+F1. That action will
indeed turn the Task Pane off only for the current Word session. Based
on that reading of your original message, I suggested the Tools/Options
method.

If that didn't work either, you might consider this article:
<http://support.microsoft.com/?id=838676>. Gist: delete the registry key
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Common\General\DoNotDismissFileNewTaskPane
Setting it to zero will presumably have the same effect.

 

[Stan]

Michael:
As I said previously. I found a Task Pane Controller that solved my problem
thus making it unnecessary to go into the registry for a fix. Thanks anyway
for your suggestion.
Stan