Word 2003 "Getting Started" Pane is Pain

I know I'm going to feel like an idot when someone points-out the obvious,
but...

After (hapilly, for the most part) using Office 2003 for several weeks,
I've turned-off the "getting started" task pane in the applications.

By unchecking "Startup task pane" from Tools|Options|View in Excel, for
example, it no longer appears when I start the program.

But it doesn't work in Word 2003!?!?

It doesn't matter if "Startup task pane" is checked or unchecked in Word,
it always appears on startup!?!?

What am I missing?

Suzanne
Fri Dec 19 21:11:54 CST 2003

See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm. The Task
Pane Controller will do what you want.

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Words into Type
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"Tom" <Stop.Spam@No.Mail> wrote in message
news:Xns9456BACC19851Tom2652NoSpam@207.46.248.16...
> I know I'm going to feel like an idot when someone points-out the obvious,
> but...
>
> After (hapilly, for the most part) using Office 2003 for several weeks,
> I've turned-off the "getting started" task pane in the applications.
>
> By unchecking "Startup task pane" from Tools|Options|View in Excel, for
> example, it no longer appears when I start the program.
>
> But it doesn't work in Word 2003!?!?
>
> It doesn't matter if "Startup task pane" is checked or unchecked in Word,
> it always appears on startup!?!?
>
> What am I missing?

Jay
Fri Dec 19 22:01:12 CST 2003

Hi, Tom,

You aren't missing something obvious. The task pane needs to be beaten
about the head with a small hammer. <g>

Get the Task Pane Controller from
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm to do the
job.

Tom <Stop.Spam@No.Mail> wrote:

>I know I'm going to feel like an idot when someone points-out the obvious,
>but...
>
>After (hapilly, for the most part) using Office 2003 for several weeks,
>I've turned-off the "getting started" task pane in the applications.
>
>By unchecking "Startup task pane" from Tools|Options|View in Excel, for
>example, it no longer appears when I start the program.
>
>But it doesn't work in Word 2003!?!?
>
>It doesn't matter if "Startup task pane" is checked or unchecked in Word,
>it always appears on startup!?!?
>
>What am I missing?


--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word

Graham
Sat Dec 20 04:36:32 CST 2003

Quite a novelty this one, as I had to use the tool suggested by Suzanne &
Jay on my desktop machine, but on my laptop with the same operating system
and Office version it works as intended :(

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Tom wrote:
> I know I'm going to feel like an idot when someone points-out the
> obvious, but...
>
> After (hapilly, for the most part) using Office 2003 for several
> weeks, I've turned-off the "getting started" task pane in the
> applications.
>
> By unchecking "Startup task pane" from Tools|Options|View in Excel,
> for example, it no longer appears when I start the program.
>
> But it doesn't work in Word 2003!?!?
>
> It doesn't matter if "Startup task pane" is checked or unchecked in
> Word, it always appears on startup!?!?
>
> What am I missing?

Suzanne
Sat Dec 20 09:47:35 CST 2003

Is your laptop missing some add-in (such as Acrobat's) that the desktop has?

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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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all may benefit.

"Graham Mayor" <gmayor@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:#FL#jUuxDHA.2148@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Quite a novelty this one, as I had to use the tool suggested by Suzanne &
> Jay on my desktop machine, but on my laptop with the same operating system
> and Office version it works as intended :(
>
> --
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
> E-mail gmayor@mvps.org
> Web site www.gmayor.com
> Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
>
>
>
> Tom wrote:
> > I know I'm going to feel like an idot when someone points-out the
> > obvious, but...
> >
> > After (hapilly, for the most part) using Office 2003 for several
> > weeks, I've turned-off the "getting started" task pane in the
> > applications.
> >
> > By unchecking "Startup task pane" from Tools|Options|View in Excel,
> > for example, it no longer appears when I start the program.
> >
> > But it doesn't work in Word 2003!?!?
> >
> > It doesn't matter if "Startup task pane" is checked or unchecked in
> > Word, it always appears on startup!?!?
> >
> > What am I missing?
>
>

Graham
Sat Dec 20 11:36:34 CST 2003

The only difference is that the laptop doesn't have the Finereader add-in,
but this made no difference to the desktop machine whether or not it was
installed there. An early version of Beth's FieldCalcSecurityLevelUI.dot
prevented the task pane controller entry from appearing in the tools menu on
the desktop, but this has been fixed with an update.

It is just one of those odd little quirks of fate that I have yet to pin
down :)

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Web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
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Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> Is your laptop missing some add-in (such as Acrobat's) that the
> desktop has?
>
>
> "Graham Mayor" <gmayor@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:#FL#jUuxDHA.2148@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Quite a novelty this one, as I had to use the tool suggested by
>> Suzanne & Jay on my desktop machine, but on my laptop with the same
>> operating system and Office version it works as intended :(
>>
>> --
>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>> E-mail gmayor@mvps.org
>> Web site www.gmayor.com
>> Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word
>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<>
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom wrote:
>>> I know I'm going to feel like an idiot when someone points-out the
>>> obvious, but...
>>>
>>> After (happily, for the most part) using Office 2003 for several
>>> weeks, I've turned-off the "getting started" task pane in the
>>> applications.
>>>
>>> By unchecking "Startup task pane" from Tools|Options|View in Excel,
>>> for example, it no longer appears when I start the program.
>>>
>>> But it doesn't work in Word 2003!?!?
>>>
>>> It doesn't matter if "Startup task pane" is checked or unchecked in
>>> Word, it always appears on startup!?!?
>>>
>>> What am I missing?

Tom
Mon Dec 22 11:34:34 CST 2003

Jay Freedman <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in
news:v8i7uv8o8v3msinv1m80apsjv54bh728dp@4ax.com:

> Hi, Tom,
>
> You aren't missing something obvious. The task pane needs to be beaten
> about the head with a small hammer. <g>


Thank you, Jay and Suzanne. That certainly did the trick! I had Acrobat
(6.0 Professional) installed, and the utility worked "as advertised."

And thank you all for the great support here! I always feel like a fool
asking questions in the Outlook groups, where the stock answer would have
been, "That is by design" with no further explanation <smile>

Adam
Thu Dec 09 11:53:34 CST 2004

Thanks that worked well. That's the second utility I have used from
mvps.org, the other one disable the F-lock key on my microsoft
keyboard. Who are you guys?

Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm. The
Task
> Pane Controller will do what you want.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
> all may benefit.
>
> "Tom" <Stop.Spam@No.Mail> wrote in message
> news:Xns9456BACC19851Tom2652NoSpam@207.46.248.16...
> > I know I'm going to feel like an idot when someone points-out the
obvious,
> > but...
> >
> > After (hapilly, for the most part) using Office 2003 for several
weeks,
> > I've turned-off the "getting started" task pane in the
applications.
> >
> > By unchecking "Startup task pane" from Tools|Options|View in Excel,
for
> > example, it no longer appears when I start the program.
> >
> > But it doesn't work in Word 2003!?!?
> >
> > It doesn't matter if "Startup task pane" is checked or unchecked in
Word,
> > it always appears on startup!?!?
> >
> > What am I missing?

Suzanne
Thu Dec 09 14:10:54 CST 2004

See http://word.mvps.org/AboutMVPs/index.htm and/or
http://www.mvps.org/about/mvp.htm and/or http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Adam S" <getadam@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1102614814.734921.174900@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> Thanks that worked well. That's the second utility I have used from
> mvps.org, the other one disable the F-lock key on my microsoft
> keyboard. Who are you guys?
>
> Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
> > See http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm. The
> Task
> > Pane Controller will do what you want.
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
> > Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
> newsgroup so
> > all may benefit.
> >
> > "Tom" <Stop.Spam@No.Mail> wrote in message
> > news:Xns9456BACC19851Tom2652NoSpam@207.46.248.16...
> > > I know I'm going to feel like an idot when someone points-out the
> obvious,
> > > but...
> > >
> > > After (hapilly, for the most part) using Office 2003 for several
> weeks,
> > > I've turned-off the "getting started" task pane in the
> applications.
> > >
> > > By unchecking "Startup task pane" from Tools|Options|View in Excel,
> for
> > > example, it no longer appears when I start the program.
> > >
> > > But it doesn't work in Word 2003!?!?
> > >
> > > It doesn't matter if "Startup task pane" is checked or unchecked in
> Word,
> > > it always appears on startup!?!?
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
>