Getting Started switch (Excel 2003)

[Wassim]

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Has anyone found the switch to turn off the getting started banner when ever you start MS-Excel 2003?

It is getting in the way, and I would rather switch it off.

Thanks in advance.

Wassim

[TonyE]

Tools>Options...
On the View tab de-select "Startup Task Pane"

[Wassim]

<img src=/S/thankyou.gif border=0 alt=thankyou width=40 height=15> Tony

<img src=/S/please.gif border=0 alt=please width=31 height=23> believe me when I tell you I have this option unchecked, but it still come up. I was always under the impression that this one is not the Geting Started, it is equivalent to the View Pane in Outlook, pane, but if you say so I will take yur word for it, but is there any registry entry for Getting Started to turn off.

BTW I am having a rough time with all sorts of problems with MS-Office 2003, and I will be pasting messages in all the relevant fora, so watch out.

Thanks again.

Wassim

[TonyE]

Hi Wassim

I just checked and it works on my system. Checking the registry it modifies the following key.

HKCUSoftwareMicrosoftOffice11.0ExcelOptionsStartup Dialog

It is a hexidecimal value that is set to 0 when "Startup Task Pane" is not selected and 1 when selected.

[Wassim]

<img src=/S/thankyou.gif border=0 alt=thankyou width=40 height=15> Tony

I just realized that this is an Office setting and not application independent one. I had it turned on in MS-Word but did not need it in MS-Excel. So the MS-Word setting ruled.

How dumb of me. Sorry to have troubled you. <img src=/S/sorry.gif border=0 alt=sorry width=15 height=15>

Wassim