how to remove Office icon in the taskbar notification area

[ay2001]

I am using Microsoft Office 2003 Professional with Windows XP Professional.
I notice Office 2003 with Outlook etc, appears in the taskbar notification
area.
How to I remove these annoying poping icons?

Thank you.

 

[Chuck Davis]

See page 5: http://www.myscacc.org/Newsletters/0502News.pdf

 

[ay2001]

Summary: right click notification area, select property, click hide, click
customize, select item, then select hide. Thank you.

 

[ay2001]

But, why Microsoft allow users to stop the taskbar notification icon to
appear?

 

[Brian Tillman]

But, why Microsoft allow users to stop the taskbar notification icon
to appear?

Huh? They do allow you to keep it from appearing.