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How to remove a path to load a file I've moved under the File menu
I opened the same Word file once from the desktop and once from a folder I
moved it to. Now I don't seem to be able to delete the old path for opening the file on the desktop, which appears under the File menu along with the correct path of the folder where the file is currently. I'm using Office 2003 S&T version. Thanks |
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It won't do any harm there except that if you click on it inadvertently, it
alarmingly tells you that it can't find the file. Eventually, as you open other documents, that path will drop off the MRU list. But if you really *need* to get rid of it right now, press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click on it. Be careful where you click: the "Terminator Hyphen" will delete *any* menu item you click on. -- 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. "Donaldo" wrote in message ... I opened the same Word file once from the desktop and once from a folder I moved it to. Now I don't seem to be able to delete the old path for opening the file on the desktop, which appears under the File menu along with the correct path of the folder where the file is currently. I'm using Office 2003 S&T version. Thanks |
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Wow Suzanne - that's a smart trick. Yet another for my "Book of Tricks" As
a matter of interest (and I haven't done it!) if I deleted a menu item inadvertently, how would I restore it? Would it be a matter of re-intsalling Word or is there (for example) a Registry setting that I would have to change? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It won't do any harm there except that if you click on it inadvertently, it alarmingly tells you that it can't find the file. Eventually, as you open other documents, that path will drop off the MRU list. But if you really *need* to get rid of it right now, press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click on it. Be careful where you click: the "Terminator Hyphen" will delete *any* menu item you click on. -- 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. "Donaldo" wrote in message ... I opened the same Word file once from the desktop and once from a folder I moved it to. Now I don't seem to be able to delete the old path for opening the file on the desktop, which appears under the File menu along with the correct path of the folder where the file is currently. I'm using Office 2003 S&T version. Thanks |
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http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...oreMenuCmd.htm
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Tosca wrote: Wow Suzanne - that's a smart trick. Yet another for my "Book of Tricks" As a matter of interest (and I haven't done it!) if I deleted a menu item inadvertently, how would I restore it? Would it be a matter of re-intsalling Word or is there (for example) a Registry setting that I would have to change? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It won't do any harm there except that if you click on it inadvertently, it alarmingly tells you that it can't find the file. Eventually, as you open other documents, that path will drop off the MRU list. But if you really *need* to get rid of it right now, press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click on it. Be careful where you click: the "Terminator Hyphen" will delete *any* menu item you click on. -- 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. "Donaldo" wrote in message ... I opened the same Word file once from the desktop and once from a folder I moved it to. Now I don't seem to be able to delete the old path for opening the file on the desktop, which appears under the File menu along with the correct path of the folder where the file is currently. I'm using Office 2003 S&T version. Thanks |
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Thank you Graham.
"Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...oreMenuCmd.htm -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Graham has supplied the answer you need. For more on how this can go awry,
see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm. Some other useful tips: 1. Even if you press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen inadvertently, you can dismiss it with ESC. 2. The "Terminator Hyphen" functionality is "used up" after one application; the mouse pointer resumes its normal shape and function. 3. This command is necessary for removing files from the Work Menu (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm); a lot of users happily fill up their Work Menu and then don't remember how to remove files. 4. Removing files from the File menu MRU list is also the only way to remove them from the list in the Getting Started task pane. -- 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. "Tosca" wrote in message ... Wow Suzanne - that's a smart trick. Yet another for my "Book of Tricks" As a matter of interest (and I haven't done it!) if I deleted a menu item inadvertently, how would I restore it? Would it be a matter of re-intsalling Word or is there (for example) a Registry setting that I would have to change? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... It won't do any harm there except that if you click on it inadvertently, it alarmingly tells you that it can't find the file. Eventually, as you open other documents, that path will drop off the MRU list. But if you really *need* to get rid of it right now, press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click on it. Be careful where you click: the "Terminator Hyphen" will delete *any* menu item you click on. -- 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. "Donaldo" wrote in message ... I opened the same Word file once from the desktop and once from a folder I moved it to. Now I don't seem to be able to delete the old path for opening the file on the desktop, which appears under the File menu along with the correct path of the folder where the file is currently. I'm using Office 2003 S&T version. Thanks |
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Thank you. I had anticpated that this combination of keystrokes would be
available in Excel 2003 but it's not! I've posted a question in an Excel NG but there's not been any response yet. I know that this is a Word NG but does anyone know if something similar is available in Excel? Logic would say that it should be, as it has no inherent or specific relvance to how Word works so it could be generic across the MS Office series of software - but I've come to realise that logic doesn't always apply :-( "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Graham has supplied the answer you need. For more on how this can go awry, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm. Some other useful tips: 1. Even if you press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen inadvertently, you can dismiss it with ESC. 2. The "Terminator Hyphen" functionality is "used up" after one application; the mouse pointer resumes its normal shape and function. 3. This command is necessary for removing files from the Work Menu (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm); a lot of users happily fill up their Work Menu and then don't remember how to remove files. 4. Removing files from the File menu MRU list is also the only way to remove them from the list in the Getting Started task pane. -- 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. |
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I tried this in Excel, and there is no All Commands category in Tools |
Customize, but I didn't find a corresponding command in the Tools category, and in fact you can't even remove files from the MRU list using Tools | Customize. My general impression is that customization is not as sophisticated in Excel (or any other Office app) as in Word. -- 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. "Tosca" wrote in message ... Thank you. I had anticpated that this combination of keystrokes would be available in Excel 2003 but it's not! I've posted a question in an Excel NG but there's not been any response yet. I know that this is a Word NG but does anyone know if something similar is available in Excel? Logic would say that it should be, as it has no inherent or specific relvance to how Word works so it could be generic across the MS Office series of software - but I've come to realise that logic doesn't always apply :-( "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... Graham has supplied the answer you need. For more on how this can go awry, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm. Some other useful tips: 1. Even if you press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen inadvertently, you can dismiss it with ESC. 2. The "Terminator Hyphen" functionality is "used up" after one application; the mouse pointer resumes its normal shape and function. 3. This command is necessary for removing files from the Work Menu (see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm); a lot of users happily fill up their Work Menu and then don't remember how to remove files. 4. Removing files from the File menu MRU list is also the only way to remove them from the list in the Getting Started task pane. -- 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. |
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Thank you. It seems so logical to have generic functions available to all
within the Office series of applications but I guess that MS haven't got round to that. C'est la vie. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I tried this in Excel, and there is no All Commands category in Tools | Customize, but I didn't find a corresponding command in the Tools category, and in fact you can't even remove files from the MRU list using Tools | Customize. My general impression is that customization is not as sophisticated in Excel (or any other Office app) as in Word. -- 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. |
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This actually is one of the goals for Office 12, I think, but ultimately
commands can't be made entirely consistent across the board because of the varying nature and purpose of the applications. -- 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. "Tosca" wrote in message ... Thank you. It seems so logical to have generic functions available to all within the Office series of applications but I guess that MS haven't got round to that. C'est la vie. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I tried this in Excel, and there is no All Commands category in Tools | Customize, but I didn't find a corresponding command in the Tools category, and in fact you can't even remove files from the MRU list using Tools | Customize. My general impression is that customization is not as sophisticated in Excel (or any other Office app) as in Word. -- 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. |
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something similar is available in Excel?
This in a macro: Application.RecentFiles(1).Delete |
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Perfect - I did it from the "Immediate" window. Thank you.
"Andy" wrote in message ... something similar is available in Excel? This in a macro: Application.RecentFiles(1).Delete |
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A simpler way is to press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click on the file you want to
remove from the menu. -- 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. "Tosca" wrote in message ... Perfect - I did it from the "Immediate" window. Thank you. "Andy" wrote in message ... something similar is available in Excel? This in a macro: Application.RecentFiles(1).Delete |
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Perfect - I did it from the "Immediate" window. Thank you.
"Andy" wrote in message ... something similar is available in Excel? This in a macro: Application.RecentFiles(1).Delete and I'm sure you figured out that changing the (1) to another number would delete that file from the list. |
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A simpler way is to press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click on the file you want to
remove from the menu. Have you finally convinced the nice people at Microsoft to include this feature in Excel? If you have, can I send you my list of nifty Word features that I'd also like them to put in Excel? g |
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LOL
"Andy" wrote in message ... Have you finally convinced the nice people at Microsoft to include this feature in Excel? If you have, can I send you my list of nifty Word features that I'd also like them to put in Excel? g |
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