If this has been addressed before, I apologize.

I'm trying to stop the language bar in Office 2003 from appearing upon first use. I don't want to remove the language bar completely as I support a small college and I know many people find this tool useful.

I just don't want ever user to see it when they first start Microsoft Word. From what I can tell from my limited testing, the reg tweak:


completely removes the language bar so that no user may load it if they so wish.

How do I just prevent it from displaying on first use without completely disabling it?

do a registry snapshot before you run the word for the first time, and then after you run it; after that, compare the snapshots...