Turn off Task Pane

[Dennis S]

Is there any way to programatically permanently turn off the Task Pane. I
have already set the option to not display it during startup, however, there
are various ocassions when WORD displays the TASK PANE automatically (i.e.
pull down the style formatting and click "more...", or protect a document
from editing and then click within the document). I have developed a
controlled WORD instance to force a user to edit in tracked changes the
document(s) displayed. The TASK PANE allows the user to circumvent my
controlled environment and open a new blank WORD document via the TASK PANE.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Dennis S was telling us:
Dennis S nous racontait que :

Is there any way to programatically permanently turn off the Task
Pane. I have already set the option to not display it during
startup, however, there are various ocassions when WORD displays the
TASK PANE automatically (i.e. pull down the style formatting and
click "more...", or protect a document from editing and then click
within the document). I have developed a controlled WORD instance to
force a user to edit in tracked changes the document(s) displayed.
The TASK PANE allows the user to circumvent my controlled environment
and open a new blank WORD document via the TASK PANE.

Before we go any further, jusr to make sure...
You do not want your users to create blank documents? Is that your purpose?

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Salut!
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Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[Dennis S]

No. I am creating a controlled document environment and do not want any of
the automatic Task Pane features. Is there any way to disable this feature
for my customized solution?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Dennis S was telling us:
Dennis S nous racontait que :

No. I am creating a controlled document environment and do not want
any of the automatic Task Pane features. Is there any way to disable
this feature for my customized solution?

I don't think you can dismiss/prevent all task panes with one simple
command.
You can, however, address each one, or almost....

There is a very comprehensive article on task panes written by Steve Hudson.
Check out
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/taskpanesreferencecontent.htm


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Salut!
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Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
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Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org