Is there any way to disable the "Research" feature (Alt + Click) in Microsoft Office 2007? It would be better if there was a policy setting or install option that I've missed, but if not, can you disable it post-install?
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According to this thread, you can't disable the Research pane but you can speed it up by clicking the "Research Options" button and then clicking "Update/Remove" to remove all the online searches.
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That does make a major difference, it will be a pity if you can't remove it, but this is better than nothing May 4, 2009 at 6:04
Press alt click that will enable the options on the down arrow sign besides the research title window Choose close.
My experience is it just went away after killing it a bunch of times. I have seen some very happy people on annoyance.org saying:
Alt + click the X to close.
This works in Word and Excel, and I assume it will work in Outlook. To disable the Research task pane:
From the Office application, press Alt + F11 to open the VB Editor.
Press Ctrl + G to open the Immediate Window.
Type this line and press Enter:
Application.CommandBars("Research").Enabled = False