How to turn off the Office Language Bar in Office XP and in Office 2003

The Microsoft Office Language Bar may be activated after you install the Alternative User Input or text-to-speech features of Microsoft Office XP and of Microsoft Office 2003. The Office language bar may also be activated after you apply Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1). This article describes how to turn off the Office Language Bar in Office XP and in Office 2003.

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To turn off or hide the Office Language Bar, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type regedit, and then click OK.
3. Locate the following registry key:
   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CTF\LangBar
4. If the ExtraIconsOnMnimized value is not present in the right pane, right-click in the right pane, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
5. Type ExtraIconsOnMinimized for the value name, and then press ENTER.
6. Double-click the ExtraIconsOnMinimized value, type 0 for the value data, and then click OK.
7. If the ShowStatus value is not present in the right pane, right-click in the right pane, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
8. Type ShowStatus for the value name, and then press ENTER.
9. Double-click the ShowStatus value, type 2 for the value data, and then click OK.
10. Locate the following registry key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CTF
11. If the Disable Thread Input Manager value is not present in the right pane, right-click in the right pane, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
12. Type Disable Thread Input Manager for the value name, and then press ENTER.
13. Double-click the Disable Thread Input Manager value, type 1 for the value data, and then click OK.
14. Locate the following registry key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\CTF\MSUTB
15. If the ShowDeskBand value is not present in the right pane, right-click in the right pane, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
16. Type ShowDeskBand for the value name, and then press ENTER.
17. Double-click the ShowDeskBand value, type 1 for the value data, and then click OK.
18. Restart the computer.