Task Pane.

Use the Task Pane to get help (off line and on line), organize and use Clipart, create documents, view styles and formatting, run the Mail Merge wizard, to name a few.

To view the Task Pane, click on View, Task Pane.  Click on the small triangle to see "Other Task Panes":

From the Other Task Panes, select the one you want.  Different options will appear, depending on which one you choose.

If the Task Pane appears automatically when you launch Word and you do not want this feature to appear, you can change this:

• Close all documents

• Click Tools, Options, View

• Clear the "Startup Task Pane" box