When I open a document in office 2003, the help screen automatically loads as
well. I've tried reseting the view and tools settings, but it keeps coming
back.
How do I get it to only appear when I call on it?

Hi ?B?dHJpc2ggaW4gY2hhdHQ=?=,

When I open a document in office 2003, the help screen automatically loads as
well. I've tried reseting the view and tools settings, but it keeps coming
back.

By "Help screen" do you mean the Help task pane?

Have you tried turning that off, then closing Word?

If you hold down the CTRL key when starting Word, do you still see the same
behavior, or does it change?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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by turning off the pane do you mean clicking on the "close" button? If so,
then yes, yes & when I hold CTRL I get a message box asking me if I want to
open Word in "safe mode." If I open a new document, the pane goes away even
if I haven't closed it out. If I close it out, it stays gone until I exit
Word & re-enter. I can get rid of it during use. It's mostly annoying that I
have to take the time to deal with it at all when I don't need it.

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?dHJpc2ggaW4gY2hhdHQ=?=,

When I open a document in office 2003, the help screen automatically loads as
well. I've tried reseting the view and tools settings, but it keeps coming
back.

By "Help screen" do you mean the Help task pane?

Have you tried turning that off, then closing Word?

If you hold down the CTRL key when starting Word, do you still see the same
behavior, or does it change?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

If you're referring to the Getting Started task pane, then there may be a
check box at the bottom of it for "Show at startup." Clear this check box if
you don't want to see the task pane. If you've already done that and are
still getting it, you need the TaskPaneController add-in from
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...owTaskPane.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

"trish in chatt" wrote in message
...
by turning off the pane do you mean clicking on the "close" button? If so,
then yes, yes & when I hold CTRL I get a message box asking me if I want
to
open Word in "safe mode." If I open a new document, the pane goes away
even
if I haven't closed it out. If I close it out, it stays gone until I exit
Word & re-enter. I can get rid of it during use. It's mostly annoying that
I
have to take the time to deal with it at all when I don't need it.

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?dHJpc2ggaW4gY2hhdHQ=?=,

When I open a document in office 2003, the help screen automatically
loads as
well. I've tried reseting the view and tools settings, but it keeps
coming
back.

By "Help screen" do you mean the Help task pane?

Have you tried turning that off, then closing Word?

If you hold down the CTRL key when starting Word, do you still see the
same
behavior, or does it change?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question
or reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

Thanks. Actually, the check box wasn't there. But when I added the Tsk Pane
Controller, it seemed to work! Isn't Microsoft fun!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you're referring to the Getting Started task pane, then there may be a
check box at the bottom of it for "Show at startup." Clear this check box if
you don't want to see the task pane. If you've already done that and are
still getting it, you need the TaskPaneController add-in from
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...owTaskPane.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"trish in chatt" wrote in message
...
by turning off the pane do you mean clicking on the "close" button? If so,
then yes, yes & when I hold CTRL I get a message box asking me if I want
to
open Word in "safe mode." If I open a new document, the pane goes away
even
if I haven't closed it out. If I close it out, it stays gone until I exit
Word & re-enter. I can get rid of it during use. It's mostly annoying that
I
have to take the time to deal with it at all when I don't need it.

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?dHJpc2ggaW4gY2hhdHQ=?=,

When I open a document in office 2003, the help screen automatically
loads as
well. I've tried reseting the view and tools settings, but it keeps
coming
back.

By "Help screen" do you mean the Help task pane?

Have you tried turning that off, then closing Word?

If you hold down the CTRL key when starting Word, do you still see the
same
behavior, or does it change?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question
or reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)

Yes, when I looked, I couldn't find the check box myself, either. I know
there used to be a check box; I guess there must have been one in Word 2002
(but it often didn't work, anyway).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"trish in chatt" wrote in message
...
Thanks. Actually, the check box wasn't there. But when I added the Tsk
Pane
Controller, it seemed to work! Isn't Microsoft fun!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you're referring to the Getting Started task pane, then there may be
a
check box at the bottom of it for "Show at startup." Clear this check
box if
you don't want to see the task pane. If you've already done that and are
still getting it, you need the TaskPaneController add-in from
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...owTaskPane.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"trish in chatt" wrote in
message
...
by turning off the pane do you mean clicking on the "close" button? If
so,
then yes, yes & when I hold CTRL I get a message box asking me if I
want
to
open Word in "safe mode." If I open a new document, the pane goes away
even
if I haven't closed it out. If I close it out, it stays gone until I
exit
Word & re-enter. I can get rid of it during use. It's mostly annoying
that
I
have to take the time to deal with it at all when I don't need it.

"Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote:

Hi ?B?dHJpc2ggaW4gY2hhdHQ=?=,

When I open a document in office 2003, the help screen
automatically
loads as
well. I've tried reseting the view and tools settings, but it
keeps
coming
back.

By "Help screen" do you mean the Help task pane?

Have you tried turning that off, then closing Word?

If you hold down the CTRL key when starting Word, do you still see
the
same
behavior, or does it change?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow
question
or reply
in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-)