Excel Help Task Pane - Hotkey to close

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Quite frequently, I press F1 instead of F2.&nbsp;How can I close the&nbsp;Excel Help&nbsp;Task Pane without my hands leaving the keyboard?&nbsp;Thanks.

alew84 · Answer

jslabarge&nbsp;CTRL + spacebar + C should do it (I'm using Excel 2016)

teriaser · Answer

Escape?

haytham amairah · Answer

Hi,&nbsp;The only effective way I found to do so is to use this macro:Sub CloseHelpPane()&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Application.CommandBars("Help").Visible = FalseEnd SubIt's recommended to insert this macro into the Personal Macro Workbook.&nbsp;Then add this macro to the Quick Access Toolbar so you can fire it using an Alt key shortcut.&nbsp;Hope that helps&nbsp;

bilbobackend · Answer

thanks for this

snth · Answer

Hi&nbsp;jslabarge&nbsp;,&nbsp;I had the same problem and posted my solution here:&nbsp;Keyboard shortcuts for moving between application and Task Panes in - Microsoft Community&nbsp;tl;dr CTRL+SPACE

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