turn off Office task panes

[Steve]

I want to turn off all Office 2003 Task Panes. I've turned off the Getting
Started task pane under Tools/Options/etc... but when I open a new document
in Word, Excel or Access I get a New Document task pane that I don't want to
use. How do I turn it off? By the way your "Help" capabilities in regard to
this function is terrible. Thanks, sorry I'm frustrated I can usually figure
everything out.

 

[Paul Ballou]

Controlling the Task Pane, even when add-ins are present
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm
see if this helps
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