I need to get rid of initial help screen in word

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trish in chatt

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?
 
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Cindy M -WordMVP-

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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.
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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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trish in chatt

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.
 
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trish in chatt

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

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).
 
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