Customize Task Pane in Word 2003, or alike toolbar

Hi MS people,

At our firm we have about 10 templates that I want to display when word
starts up in the taskpane to the right, instead of the normal one,
either customize the old one or maybe make a new one ( dont know how,
there does not seem to be a easy way to add files/dirs so the user can
easily click and open the templates )

How the question is, are there a way to customize the Task Pane, add
direct links to files, or do I have to make one myself, and how?

The best link describing a little of the same problem I have is this
one, but its not that I'm looking for.... but close...
http://www.mcse.ms/message481718.html

best regards
Mikael Syska

Jay
Thu Sep 22 17:31:54 CDT 2005

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:24:19 +0200, Mikael Syska <news05@syska.dk>
wrote:

>Hi MS people,
>
>At our firm we have about 10 templates that I want to display when word
>starts up in the taskpane to the right, instead of the normal one,
>either customize the old one or maybe make a new one ( dont know how,
>there does not seem to be a easy way to add files/dirs so the user can
>easily click and open the templates )
>
>How the question is, are there a way to customize the Task Pane, add
>direct links to files, or do I have to make one myself, and how?
>
>The best link describing a little of the same problem I have is this
>one, but its not that I'm looking for.... but close...
>http://www.mcse.ms/message481718.html
>
>best regards
>Mikael Syska

Hi Mikael,

I haven't personally tried this, but here's the reference: Go to
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/TaskPanesReference.htm. In the
article's table of contents, click the "New Document" link under the
"Collaboration Task Panes" topic. There's sample code there.

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

Romke
Fri Sep 23 01:09:02 CDT 2005

You could try the Taskpane Wizard on www.mswizards.com

Romke

"Mikael Syska" wrote:

> Hi MS people,
>
> At our firm we have about 10 templates that I want to display when word
> starts up in the taskpane to the right, instead of the normal one,
> either customize the old one or maybe make a new one ( dont know how,
> there does not seem to be a easy way to add files/dirs so the user can
> easily click and open the templates )
>
> How the question is, are there a way to customize the Task Pane, add
> direct links to files, or do I have to make one myself, and how?
>
> The best link describing a little of the same problem I have is this
> one, but its not that I'm looking for.... but close...
> http://www.mcse.ms/message481718.html
>
> best regards
> Mikael Syska
>