# Office 2K sucks my task bar **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 11, 2001, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-2k-sucks-my-task-bar/61632 "2001-04-11T20:30:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-2k-sucks-my-task-bar/61632/1 "2001-04-11T20:30:46Z")
I now work at an organization that uses Office 2K. Some nice features. I like the relationships displayed in table view of Access. I really like the half-assed drop down menus. Mmmm, nice. Bastards. It took a bit of poking about, but I was finally able find out how to shut those down and get full menus every time, thankyouverymuchbillgates. But what the heck do I do about the Office’s proclivity for sucking up valuable real estate on my task bar? I have two instances of Access open, three Word documents and two Excel spreadsheets. That used to amount to four buttons. Ha! Now, I have twelve. Each bit of Access drops itself into the task bar, and each document now holds its own down there. What a bunch of crap. Is there any way of turning off this new ‘feature’ via options or via the registry? Or am I stuck with Office 2K the way it is? Thanks! Rhythmdvl ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-2k-sucks-my-task-bar/61632/2 "2001-04-11T22:07:16Z")
For Excel and Access go to Tools-\>Options-\>View and uncheck “Windows in Taskbar”. It’s a little more tricky in Word. Here’s an article that explains how: [http://www.addbalance.com/word/w2000taskbar.htm](http://www.addbalance.com/word/w2000taskbar.htm) Now, if someone can explain how to do the same thing for Internet Explorer, I’ll be very happy.