Hi Paul,

While your frustration is understandable if you feel you
can't work efficiently, any more, the language with which
you express it is unnecessarily vulgar. It's interesting to
note that most of the questions around yours have received
answers, already...

For the "Getting started" Task pane, look in
Tools/Options/View, you should find a checkbox there to turn
it off. If it's still giving you problems, then an Addin is
likely interfering; you'll find an article on word.mvps.org
that explains how to set a Registry key to permanently
disable (or enable) it.

The Clipboard task pane is a bit more slippery, but try
clicking the OPTIONS button at the bottom of it and choosing
the settings you prefer.

From the sound of it, you're upgrading from Word 97?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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You might find this article helpful:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=325.

Hi Paul,

Actually if you give it a little time you may find the Task Panes are
quite useful. :-)

However if you would like to regain some control over the task pane
here's an article that contains a download you can use to help control
it:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=325

Additionally, for the Office Clipboard: display the Clipboard task
pane and click the Options command at the bottom and turn on "Collect
without showing the Office Clipboard" to prevent it from surfacing.

G'day "paul" <pmalon@fnf.com>,

Indeed there are many ways to skin this cat, as my lengthy article
that is pending site update demonstrates. In your unhappy case, I
highly suggest just clear

Tools > Options > View > Show Startup pane

to get started.

To get ultra tricky will need a lot of simple macro work.

The base is the command that hides the task pane

CommandBars("Task Pane").Visible = False

Here's some intercepts for you to use

Sub EditCopy()
Selection.Copy
CommandBars("Task Pane").Visible = False
End Sub

Public Sub FileNew()
Dialogs(wdDialogFileNew).Show
End Sub

Prevent the XML Task Pane from displaying
This example solution not only closes the entire Work Pane for just
that document, it also turns off the Document Map feature.

Public Sub AutoOpen()
If ActiveDocument.SaveFormat = wdFormatXML Then _
Application.OnTime Now + TimeValue("00:00:01"), "XMLViewKiller"
End Sub

Public Sub XMLViewKiller()
CommandBars("Task Pane").Visible = False
ActiveWindow.DocumentMap = False
End Sub

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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paul reckoned:

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm.