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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / May 2006Turn off Task Pane
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. 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 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 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?  SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org 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? > Dennis S was telling us: > Dennis S nous racontait que : [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Before we go any further, jusr to make sure... > You do not want your users to create blank documents? Is that your purpose? 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 SignatureSalut! _______________________________________ Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP jmarcilREMOVE@CAPSsympatico.caTHISTOO Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org |
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