[Clueless in Seattle[_2_]]

I've set up a folder on my Win2K Start Menu where I would like to
store shortcuts to my frequently used MS Word document files.

The only way I know how to create shortcuts for my MS Word documents
is to go into Windows Explorer, find the folder containing the
document file, and then drag the file to the Start Menu and drop its
shortcut into the folder I've created there.

That gets a bit tedious, having to wade through the Windows Explorer
folder tree each time I want to add a file to my Start Menu folder.

What I'd like to be able to do is this:

When I have a Word document file open in front of me, and decide that
I'd like to add it to my Start Menu folder, I could just just drag a
shortcut directly from the open document file onto the Start Menu,
That would be so much more efficient than to switch to Windows
Explorer, find the document file, drag the shortcut, and then switch
back to MS Word.

I've tried left and right clicking and dragging from many different
points on the MS Word window, and have looked in many of the drop down
menus, but so far the trick to this operation has eluded me.

I'd sure be grateful to anyone who can tell me what the trick is.

Will in Seattle a.k.a. "Clueless"

[CyberTaz]

There's no way from within the doc or the Word window itself (AFAIK), but
you can do it from within Word's Open dialog - just drag the file to your
Start Menu location as though you were using Windows Explorer - After
all...you are! You can do the same thing from Save As.

--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Clueless in Seattle" wrote in message
...
I've set up a folder on my Win2K Start Menu where I would like to
store shortcuts to my frequently used MS Word document files.

The only way I know how to create shortcuts for my MS Word documents
is to go into Windows Explorer, find the folder containing the
document file, and then drag the file to the Start Menu and drop its
shortcut into the folder I've created there.

That gets a bit tedious, having to wade through the Windows Explorer
folder tree each time I want to add a file to my Start Menu folder.

What I'd like to be able to do is this:

When I have a Word document file open in front of me, and decide that
I'd like to add it to my Start Menu folder, I could just just drag a
shortcut directly from the open document file onto the Start Menu,
That would be so much more efficient than to switch to Windows
Explorer, find the document file, drag the shortcut, and then switch
back to MS Word.

I've tried left and right clicking and dragging from many different
points on the MS Word window, and have looked in many of the drop down
menus, but so far the trick to this operation has eluded me.

I'd sure be grateful to anyone who can tell me what the trick is.

Will in Seattle a.k.a. "Clueless"

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Also, if the documents have been opened recently, they'll be on the
Documents list in the Start menu.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"CyberTaz" typegeneraltaz1ATcomcastdotnet wrote in message
...
There's no way from within the doc or the Word window itself (AFAIK), but
you can do it from within Word's Open dialog - just drag the file to your
Start Menu location as though you were using Windows Explorer - After
all...you are! You can do the same thing from Save As.

--
HTH |:)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

"Clueless in Seattle" wrote in
message
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I've set up a folder on my Win2K Start Menu where I would like to
store shortcuts to my frequently used MS Word document files.

The only way I know how to create shortcuts for my MS Word documents
is to go into Windows Explorer, find the folder containing the
document file, and then drag the file to the Start Menu and drop its
shortcut into the folder I've created there.

That gets a bit tedious, having to wade through the Windows Explorer
folder tree each time I want to add a file to my Start Menu folder.

What I'd like to be able to do is this:

When I have a Word document file open in front of me, and decide that
I'd like to add it to my Start Menu folder, I could just just drag a
shortcut directly from the open document file onto the Start Menu,
That would be so much more efficient than to switch to Windows
Explorer, find the document file, drag the shortcut, and then switch
back to MS Word.

I've tried left and right clicking and dragging from many different
points on the MS Word window, and have looked in many of the drop down
menus, but so far the trick to this operation has eluded me.

I'd sure be grateful to anyone who can tell me what the trick is.

Will in Seattle a.k.a. "Clueless"