The Taskpane is similar to a Toolbar and can be customised in the same way by moving the mouse pointer over it and clicking the right mouse button.
Links can be quickly created to a form and/or, a particular record by dragging the forms heading to the blank area. To find out how to do this, click here for more information.
You can choose to show the Taskpane at the left or right of your screen or not at all, especially if you need extra space on your screen.