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WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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Funny you should ask. I just read an article earlier this week about a
program you may like. Allnetic Working Time Tracker 2.1 www.allnetic.com/working-time-tracker -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "Tom" wrote in message news  Word 2003 SP2 WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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You'll love Word 2007. It lets you have up to 50 files on your MRU list, and
you can "pin" some to stay on permanently. In Word 2003, your best bet might be to use the Work menu, though you'd have to be refreshing it pretty often; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm. You can also still have a Favorites folder on the Places Bar in Word 2003, but MS has removed the Add to Favorites button, so it's not very useful any more. A workaround is to add the Favorites folder to your Send To menu (folder). Then you can right-click on a file to create a shortcut, then right-click on the shortcut to send it to Favorites. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message news Word 2003 SP2 WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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Can I download a beta copy of Word 2007 and is the format of the Word doc the
same as Word2003 so I don't lose any collaboration with others? Can the 50 docs be increased to more than that and by project/customer or whatever? TIA, Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You'll love Word 2007. It lets you have up to 50 files on your MRU list, and you can "pin" some to stay on permanently. In Word 2003, your best bet might be to use the Work menu, though you'd have to be refreshing it pretty often; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm. You can also still have a Favorites folder on the Places Bar in Word 2003, but MS has removed the Add to Favorites button, so it's not very useful any more. A workaround is to add the Favorites folder to your Send To menu (folder). Then you can right-click on a file to create a shortcut, then right-click on the shortcut to send it to Favorites. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message news Word 2003 SP2 WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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Tom wrote:
Can I download a beta copy of Word 2007 and is the format of the Word doc the same as Word2003 so I don't lose any collaboration with others? Yes, you can download the beta from http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...px?showIntro=n. The default file format is *not* the same as Word 2003, but you can set an option to save all documents in 2003 format unless you change manually to another format. Before you get all steamed up about this, remember that it is a beta version, and it does have bugs. I'd strongly recommend *not* using this version in a "production" environment, because there's a possibility of losing data. In other words, if your use of Word is critical to your business, stay away from the beta. Can the 50 docs be increased to more than that and by project/customer or whatever? Now you're getting greedy. :-) The answer is no to both of those requests. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. TIA, Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You'll love Word 2007. It lets you have up to 50 files on your MRU list, and you can "pin" some to stay on permanently. In Word 2003, your best bet might be to use the Work menu, though you'd have to be refreshing it pretty often; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm. You can also still have a Favorites folder on the Places Bar in Word 2003, but MS has removed the Add to Favorites button, so it's not very useful any more. A workaround is to add the Favorites folder to your Send To menu (folder). Then you can right-click on a file to create a shortcut, then right-click on the shortcut to send it to Favorites. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message news Word 2003 SP2 WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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You can get the beta at
http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...px?showIntro=n, but you might want to test-drive it first at http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...x?showIntro=n; the UI is drastically different from 2003 (see http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...ghlights.mspx), and there is a considerable learning curve. The new file format is different, but you can save in the Word 97-2003 format. Although converters and "awareness" add-ins are or will be available for older versions, for now you would be better advised to save in the old format both for users with older versions and for yourself if you decide not to upgrade when the beta trial period expires. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message ... Can I download a beta copy of Word 2007 and is the format of the Word doc the same as Word2003 so I don't lose any collaboration with others? Can the 50 docs be increased to more than that and by project/customer or whatever? TIA, Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You'll love Word 2007. It lets you have up to 50 files on your MRU list, and you can "pin" some to stay on permanently. In Word 2003, your best bet might be to use the Work menu, though you'd have to be refreshing it pretty often; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm. You can also still have a Favorites folder on the Places Bar in Word 2003, but MS has removed the Add to Favorites button, so it's not very useful any more. A workaround is to add the Favorites folder to your Send To menu (folder). Then you can right-click on a file to create a shortcut, then right-click on the shortcut to send it to Favorites. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message news Word 2003 SP2 WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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So... It appears that neither Word 2003 nor Word2007 will address my needs
totally. Hmmm, it would seem that I'm not in the minority here as many IT consultants work with multiple projects and clients at the same time or over a short period of time. And, it appears that there's no 3rd party add-in. Hence, once I get over the 10 doc limit in Word and whatever Recent Documents limits there is for my WinXP Pro SP2 system, I'm toast. Waiting for Word2007 addresses 'some' points but not all. Maybe MS can review this specific request, via the MVPs (?) and address the issue more wholistically. Or, am I incorrect on my assessment (at the current time and place)? TIA Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can get the beta at http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...px?showIntro=n, but you might want to test-drive it first at http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...x?showIntro=n; the UI is drastically different from 2003 (see http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...ghlights.mspx), and there is a considerable learning curve. The new file format is different, but you can save in the Word 97-2003 format. Although converters and "awareness" add-ins are or will be available for older versions, for now you would be better advised to save in the old format both for users with older versions and for yourself if you decide not to upgrade when the beta trial period expires. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message ... Can I download a beta copy of Word 2007 and is the format of the Word doc the same as Word2003 so I don't lose any collaboration with others? Can the 50 docs be increased to more than that and by project/customer or whatever? TIA, Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You'll love Word 2007. It lets you have up to 50 files on your MRU list, and you can "pin" some to stay on permanently. In Word 2003, your best bet might be to use the Work menu, though you'd have to be refreshing it pretty often; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm. You can also still have a Favorites folder on the Places Bar in Word 2003, but MS has removed the Add to Favorites button, so it's not very useful any more. A workaround is to add the Favorites folder to your Send To menu (folder). Then you can right-click on a file to create a shortcut, then right-click on the shortcut to send it to Favorites. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message news
Word 2003 SP2WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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Most people I know who work with lots of documents don't even try to
use the MRU list or the File Open dialog to organize them. That's what Windows Explorer or one of the hundreds of other file management programs are for. Use folders to group documents that pertain to the same client/job/whatever, with subfolders as necessary. I'll put in a plug for one of my favorites, xplorer2 (www.zabkat.com), which lets you see two folders at the same time, lets you bookmark folders, and lots of other neat tricks. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:52:02 -0700, Tom wrote: So... It appears that neither Word 2003 nor Word2007 will address my needs totally. Hmmm, it would seem that I'm not in the minority here as many IT consultants work with multiple projects and clients at the same time or over a short period of time. And, it appears that there's no 3rd party add-in. Hence, once I get over the 10 doc limit in Word and whatever Recent Documents limits there is for my WinXP Pro SP2 system, I'm toast. Waiting for Word2007 addresses 'some' points but not all. Maybe MS can review this specific request, via the MVPs (?) and address the issue more wholistically. Or, am I incorrect on my assessment (at the current time and place)? TIA Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can get the beta at http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...px?showIntro=n, but you might want to test-drive it first at http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...x?showIntro=n; the UI is drastically different from 2003 (see http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...ghlights.mspx), and there is a considerable learning curve. The new file format is different, but you can save in the Word 97-2003 format. Although converters and "awareness" add-ins are or will be available for older versions, for now you would be better advised to save in the old format both for users with older versions and for yourself if you decide not to upgrade when the beta trial period expires. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message ... Can I download a beta copy of Word 2007 and is the format of the Word doc the same as Word2003 so I don't lose any collaboration with others? Can the 50 docs be increased to more than that and by project/customer or whatever? TIA, Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You'll love Word 2007. It lets you have up to 50 files on your MRU list, and you can "pin" some to stay on permanently. In Word 2003, your best bet might be to use the Work menu, though you'd have to be refreshing it pretty often; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm. You can also still have a Favorites folder on the Places Bar in Word 2003, but MS has removed the Add to Favorites button, so it's not very useful any more. A workaround is to add the Favorites folder to your Send To menu (folder). Then you can right-click on a file to create a shortcut, then right-click on the shortcut to send it to Favorites. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message news
Word 2003 SP2WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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I also find it helpful to add folders I'm currently using to the Places Bar.
If you use small icons and enlarge the Open and Save dialogs (you can even maximize them), you can have quite a long list of folders displayed, and those that don't display are accessible by clicking the arrow at the bottom. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... Most people I know who work with lots of documents don't even try to use the MRU list or the File Open dialog to organize them. That's what Windows Explorer or one of the hundreds of other file management programs are for. Use folders to group documents that pertain to the same client/job/whatever, with subfolders as necessary. I'll put in a plug for one of my favorites, xplorer2 (www.zabkat.com), which lets you see two folders at the same time, lets you bookmark folders, and lots of other neat tricks. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:52:02 -0700, Tom wrote: So... It appears that neither Word 2003 nor Word2007 will address my needs totally. Hmmm, it would seem that I'm not in the minority here as many IT consultants work with multiple projects and clients at the same time or over a short period of time. And, it appears that there's no 3rd party add-in. Hence, once I get over the 10 doc limit in Word and whatever Recent Documents limits there is for my WinXP Pro SP2 system, I'm toast. Waiting for Word2007 addresses 'some' points but not all. Maybe MS can review this specific request, via the MVPs (?) and address the issue more wholistically. Or, am I incorrect on my assessment (at the current time and place)? TIA Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can get the beta at http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...px?showIntro=n, but you might want to test-drive it first at http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...x?showIntro=n; the UI is drastically different from 2003 (see http://www.microsoft.com/office/prev...ghlights.mspx), and there is a considerable learning curve. The new file format is different, but you can save in the Word 97-2003 format. Although converters and "awareness" add-ins are or will be available for older versions, for now you would be better advised to save in the old format both for users with older versions and for yourself if you decide not to upgrade when the beta trial period expires. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message ... Can I download a beta copy of Word 2007 and is the format of the Word doc the same as Word2003 so I don't lose any collaboration with others? Can the 50 docs be increased to more than that and by project/customer or whatever? TIA, Tom "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You'll love Word 2007. It lets you have up to 50 files on your MRU list, and you can "pin" some to stay on permanently. In Word 2003, your best bet might be to use the Work menu, though you'd have to be refreshing it pretty often; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm. You can also still have a Favorites folder on the Places Bar in Word 2003, but MS has removed the Add to Favorites button, so it's not very useful any more. A workaround is to add the Favorites folder to your Send To menu (folder). Then you can right-click on a file to create a shortcut, then right-click on the shortcut to send it to Favorites. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Tom" wrote in message news
Word 2003 SP2WinXP Pro SP2 I work with in excess of 100 Word documents per week on the various tasks at work - and even some personal documents. Can I setup a 'last 10 used by category/project or customer' in Word 2003? For example, if I'm working on Project A at work (or Customer A or something at home - taxes etc.) I'd love to have the ability to see my last 10 (or more) Word docs associated with that Project A or Customer A. Seeing the last 10 of ALL the documents doesn't cut it as I go through 10 sometimes by 10AM everyday. Ideas or alternatives appreciated? Vista Word 2007 maybe? :-) Tom |
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