Through the Research options dialog box, you can customize options to suit your research needs. You can activate services for searching, add new services, and remove others from your computer. You can also turn on Parental Control, which aims to protect children from finding potentially offensive or disturbing material.

1. On the Tools menu, click Research.
2. In the Research task pane, click Research options.
3. Do one or more of the following:
   • To activate or remove research services, select or clear the check boxes you want, and then click OK.
   • To add research services, click Add Services, select or type the Internet address for the service you want, and then click Add. The service is automatically enabled for searching, and it will appear in the Search for list the next time you open the Research task pane.

     Note  To add a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 site, type http://your root directory/_vti_bin/search.asmx.

   • To remove a service provider and all of its research services, click Update/Remove, select the provider you want to remove, click Remove, and then click Close.
   • To turn on Parental Control, click Parental Control, select the options you want, and then click Close.

Note  In Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, the Research task pane is available only when you are reading or composing e-mail messages.