Hi Terry :-)

Next time the Task Pane pops open, look at the bottom and you will see an
OPTION button. Try the options.

Thank you very much, it was almost to small to see. I finally found it and
unchecked the items. it works fine now. I really appreciate your time and
help. :-)

Jan

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Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"Jan Il" wrote in message
...
: Hi all - Office 2002 XP - Windows XP
:
: I would like to disable the task pane that pops up when you want to copy
: something from a Word document. Every time I highlight text to copy
from
a
: Word document, the side panel/task pane opens to the right of the
screen.
:
: I have looked everywhere, but, see nothing that indicates where to
disable
: it. It is very annoying and not necessary. I also use OXP in W2k, and
it
: does not do this.
:
: I'd really appreciate any suggestions.
:
: Jan
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