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Putting "New" command on button bar
Word 2003 under Win 2000 pro.
I've just upgraded from Word XP. In XP there was a handy task pane, which I put on my standard button bar. I accessed it using Tools|Customize, off the "File" listing; it was listed there as New . . ., and it brought up recent files as well as options to open general templates. I can't find its analog in word 2003. the closest thing seems to be "Getting Started," which doesn't have the options I'm used to. Does this function still exist in Word 2003 (and where is it)? Failing that, is is possible to modify a task pane so that it will show the things I want? Thx. TomS |
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The task pane you want is the New Document task pane, and your New... button
should still open it (as does File | New...). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Word 2003 under Win 2000 pro. I've just upgraded from Word XP. In XP there was a handy task pane, which I put on my standard button bar. I accessed it using Tools|Customize, off the "File" listing; it was listed there as New . . ., and it brought up recent files as well as options to open general templates. I can't find its analog in word 2003. the closest thing seems to be "Getting Started," which doesn't have the options I'm used to. Does this function still exist in Word 2003 (and where is it)? Failing that, is is possible to modify a task pane so that it will show the things I want? Thx. TomS |
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Yah, I did find that. Problem is that it doesn't also have the recently
opened Word files that XP version did, which I found quite handy. Whereas "Getting Started" has that but not the other options . . . But thanks for your help. T "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The task pane you want is the New Document task pane, and your New... button should still open it (as does File | New...). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Word 2003 under Win 2000 pro. I've just upgraded from Word XP. In XP there was a handy task pane, which I put on my standard button bar. I accessed it using Tools|Customize, off the "File" listing; it was listed there as New . . ., and it brought up recent files as well as options to open general templates. I can't find its analog in word 2003. the closest thing seems to be "Getting Started," which doesn't have the options I'm used to. Does this function still exist in Word 2003 (and where is it)? Failing that, is is possible to modify a task pane so that it will show the things I want? Thx. TomS |
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The MRU list is duplicated at the bottom of the File menu (only thing I ever
use, since I rarely use task panes at all). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Yah, I did find that. Problem is that it doesn't also have the recently opened Word files that XP version did, which I found quite handy. Whereas "Getting Started" has that but not the other options . . . But thanks for your help. T "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The task pane you want is the New Document task pane, and your New... button should still open it (as does File | New...). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Word 2003 under Win 2000 pro. I've just upgraded from Word XP. In XP there was a handy task pane, which I put on my standard button bar. I accessed it using Tools|Customize, off the "File" listing; it was listed there as New . . ., and it brought up recent files as well as options to open general templates. I can't find its analog in word 2003. the closest thing seems to be "Getting Started," which doesn't have the options I'm used to. Does this function still exist in Word 2003 (and where is it)? Failing that, is is possible to modify a task pane so that it will show the things I want? Thx. TomS |
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Yah, what I wanted was the combination of MRU and a link to the templates,
which pretty much covered my needs when going to work. It's a minor enough loss. Do you know, though, whether it's possible to modify the content of Task Panes? Or where else I might inquire? thx again. T "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The MRU list is duplicated at the bottom of the File menu (only thing I ever use, since I rarely use task panes at all). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Yah, I did find that. Problem is that it doesn't also have the recently opened Word files that XP version did, which I found quite handy. Whereas "Getting Started" has that but not the other options . . . But thanks for your help. T "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The task pane you want is the New Document task pane, and your New... button should still open it (as does File | New...). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Word 2003 under Win 2000 pro. I've just upgraded from Word XP. In XP there was a handy task pane, which I put on my standard button bar. I accessed it using Tools|Customize, off the "File" listing; it was listed there as New . . ., and it brought up recent files as well as options to open general templates. I can't find its analog in word 2003. the closest thing seems to be "Getting Started," which doesn't have the options I'm used to. Does this function still exist in Word 2003 (and where is it)? Failing that, is is possible to modify a task pane so that it will show the things I want? Thx. TomS |
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There's a KB article “HOW TO: Edit the Most Recently Used Template List in
the New Document Task Pane in Word 2002” at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288353, but this probably won't be relevant because it addresses the Word 2002 task pane, which is what you liked. -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Yah, what I wanted was the combination of MRU and a link to the templates, which pretty much covered my needs when going to work. It's a minor enough loss. Do you know, though, whether it's possible to modify the content of Task Panes? Or where else I might inquire? thx again. T "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The MRU list is duplicated at the bottom of the File menu (only thing I ever use, since I rarely use task panes at all). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Yah, I did find that. Problem is that it doesn't also have the recently opened Word files that XP version did, which I found quite handy. Whereas "Getting Started" has that but not the other options . . . But thanks for your help. T "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The task pane you want is the New Document task pane, and your New... button should still open it (as does File | New...). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Word 2003 under Win 2000 pro. I've just upgraded from Word XP. In XP there was a handy task pane, which I put on my standard button bar. I accessed it using Tools|Customize, off the "File" listing; it was listed there as New . . ., and it brought up recent files as well as options to open general templates. I can't find its analog in word 2003. the closest thing seems to be "Getting Started," which doesn't have the options I'm used to. Does this function still exist in Word 2003 (and where is it)? Failing that, is is possible to modify a task pane so that it will show the things I want? Thx. TomS |
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I'll give it a look. Thx. T
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... There's a KB article “HOW TO: Edit the Most Recently Used Template List in the New Document Task Pane in Word 2002” at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/288353, but this probably won't be relevant because it addresses the Word 2002 task pane, which is what you liked. -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Yah, what I wanted was the combination of MRU and a link to the templates, which pretty much covered my needs when going to work. It's a minor enough loss. Do you know, though, whether it's possible to modify the content of Task Panes? Or where else I might inquire? thx again. T "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The MRU list is duplicated at the bottom of the File menu (only thing I ever use, since I rarely use task panes at all). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Yah, I did find that. Problem is that it doesn't also have the recently opened Word files that XP version did, which I found quite handy. Whereas "Getting Started" has that but not the other options . . . But thanks for your help. T "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The task pane you want is the New Document task pane, and your New... button should still open it (as does File | New...). -- 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 Smith" wrote in message ... Word 2003 under Win 2000 pro. I've just upgraded from Word XP. In XP there was a handy task pane, which I put on my standard button bar. I accessed it using Tools|Customize, off the "File" listing; it was listed there as New . . ., and it brought up recent files as well as options to open general templates. I can't find its analog in word 2003. the closest thing seems to be "Getting Started," which doesn't have the options I'm used to. Does this function still exist in Word 2003 (and where is it)? Failing that, is is possible to modify a task pane so that it will show the things I want? Thx. TomS |
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