Getting Started Pane

[reynolds.midland]

How do I turn off the "Getting Started" pane that opens each time I open Word ?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

If clearing the check box for "Show at startup" doesn't work for you, you
need the Task Pane Controller add-in from
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm

How do I turn off the "Getting Started" pane that opens each time I open

Word ?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

In Word, click on Tools | Options | View | uncheck the "Startup Task Pane"
box | OK.