Click TOOLS in the menu and select OPTIONS and if necessary, click the VIEW
tab.

The first panel on the VIEW tab is SHOW, click the STARTUP TASK PANE check
box to turn off the window pane. The next time you start Excel the TASK PANE
will not automatically load.
--
Kevin Backmann


"Wes K." wrote:

Each time I open Excel, a "Help" panel appears on the right side of my
screen. I do not want this to automatically appear. The closest I have come
to closing it, is <CTRL <F1 but that command doesn't stay. How can I do
this? Thanks!