Disable Window Transitions (DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes)

To improve the user experience, you may enable the DWORD value DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes for Office 2013 and 2016. To do this, add the DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes DWORD value to the Toolbars key in the Windows Registry as follows:

  • Key Name:

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\<OfficeVersion>\Common\Toolbars]

  • New DWORD and Value:

    "DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes"=dword:1

To add the new DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes DWORD value to the Toolbars registry key:

  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
  2. Depending on your Office version, locate and then select the following registry key:

    • Office 2013:

      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Common\Toolbars

    • Office 2016:

      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Toolbars
  3. From the Edit menu, select New, and then select DWORD Value.
  4. Type DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes, and then press Enter.
  5. In the Details pane, right-click DisableWindowTransitionsOnAddinTaskPanes, and then select Modify.
  6. In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
  7. Exit Registry Editor.
  8. Restart Excel.