Word Research pane shut off

Anonymous
2010-02-16T15:38:50+00:00

How do I turn off the Research paine when I open Word?

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Anonymous
2010-02-21T03:20:20+00:00

You will get a close symbol on the top right corner of the Research Pane, you can click on the close symbol and turn it off.

 Or you can click on the icon for Research Pane on the Toolbar at the top.

 If this does not resolve the issue, follow the basic Troubleshooting steps provided in the article given below:

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-04-08T23:06:05+00:00

    You got it!  The sequence you described - swipe from right followed by double click in a cell in Excel reliably causes the research pane to materialize.  Then, after closing it, it reappears every time you click anywhere in the worksheet until you Alt-click and reclose the pane.  Saving it with Alt F S also fixes the problem.

    Let's hope someone from Microsoft figures out what to do with it!

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  2. Suzanne S Barnhill 279.4K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2014-04-09T02:02:14+00:00

    This has been escalated to Microsoft, and having the repro steps will be very helpful.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-04-30T03:38:29+00:00

    I have also had this problem off and on.  First, call the Microsoft Office technical helpline. There is an update that switches the research pane off that they are perfectly aware of (worked first time!). Unfortunately, with regular updates, the problem will return; in which case, call the MS helpline, which will give you another update to correct the problem in the previous update. Apparently this is a well-known problem which they thought they fixed, then didn't, then thought they did again, then didn't, now think they did again. If you are tech savvy (which I am not), you can run the latest updates yourself and hope it is the one where they fixed the research pane issue, rather than the one they didn't. FYI - research pane problem earlier today- ran updates

    • now no longer.  Give it a try...

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