G'day "Cass" ,

I have a big fat article on controlling Task Panes available on
http://word.mvps.org. There are several solutions to your problem in
it.

Steve Hudson - Word Heretic

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Without prejudice


Cass reckoned:

I was sent a document through email and every time I open it the mail merge
task pane opens also. How do I stop that from happening.