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My Places--Another Question
A few on this board helped me get over the loss of Favorites in Word 2003.
Well, I am not really over it yet, but trying t move on. I am having trouble getting a Word file into "My Places." The line for that in the File OPerations window is grayed out. I seem to be able to add folders to My Places, but can I put a shortcut to a file there? I also know I can add this file to Favorites (which isn't really gone, just its easy use), and get to the desired file in an extra step. |
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My Places--Another Question
The Places Bar accepts only folders. For files, use the Work Menu; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm (and be sure to note how to *remove* files 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. "Joe McGuire" wrote in message ... A few on this board helped me get over the loss of Favorites in Word 2003. Well, I am not really over it yet, but trying t move on. I am having trouble getting a Word file into "My Places." The line for that in the File OPerations window is grayed out. I seem to be able to add folders to My Places, but can I put a shortcut to a file there? I also know I can add this file to Favorites (which isn't really gone, just its easy use), and get to the desired file in an extra step. |
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My Places--Another Question
Susan:
Well, after reading that paper all I can say is, well, gulp! The sorts of files I would like to bookmark (i.e., note as what used to be Favorites in Word 2003, or put in the My Places if it were possible, are not themselves carved in stone. I am sure this Work Menu has some meaningful use somehow, but it is not very apparent. And, to top it off, there seems to be some danger to it, as well. I think I can live with the slightly Klutzy work-around I described. meanwhile, I would like to whip with wet noodles the dweeb(s) who decided users no longer want to bookmark Word files. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The Places Bar accepts only folders. For files, use the Work Menu; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm (and be sure to note how to *remove* files 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. "Joe McGuire" wrote in message ... A few on this board helped me get over the loss of Favorites in Word 2003. Well, I am not really over it yet, but trying t move on. I am having trouble getting a Word file into "My Places." The line for that in the File OPerations window is grayed out. I seem to be able to add folders to My Places, but can I put a shortcut to a file there? I also know I can add this file to Favorites (which isn't really gone, just its easy use), and get to the desired file in an extra step. |
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My Places--Another Question
I find the Work menu invaluable. It will hold up to nine of the files I use
most frequently (but not necessarily always those used most recently, which appear on the MRU list at the bottom of the File menu). It is exceedingly easy to add files to the list and not difficult to remove them. I don't see your objection. Moreover, if you really want to use the Favorites folder, you can still add it to My Places, and files in that folder are just as accessible as they always were; it's just a bit more difficult to add them there. But here's a sort of solution. Add a shortcut to the Favorites folder to your Send To folder in Windows. Then, to add a file to Favorites: 1. Right-click on the filename and choose Create Shortcut. 2. Right-click on the shortcut and choose Send To | Favorites. 3. Delete the shortcut in the file folder. -- 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. "Joe McGuire" wrote in message ... Susan: Well, after reading that paper all I can say is, well, gulp! The sorts of files I would like to bookmark (i.e., note as what used to be Favorites in Word 2003, or put in the My Places if it were possible, are not themselves carved in stone. I am sure this Work Menu has some meaningful use somehow, but it is not very apparent. And, to top it off, there seems to be some danger to it, as well. I think I can live with the slightly Klutzy work-around I described. meanwhile, I would like to whip with wet noodles the dweeb(s) who decided users no longer want to bookmark Word files. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The Places Bar accepts only folders. For files, use the Work Menu; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm (and be sure to note how to *remove* files 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. "Joe McGuire" wrote in message ... A few on this board helped me get over the loss of Favorites in Word 2003. Well, I am not really over it yet, but trying t move on. I am having trouble getting a Word file into "My Places." The line for that in the File OPerations window is grayed out. I seem to be able to add folders to My Places, but can I put a shortcut to a file there? I also know I can add this file to Favorites (which isn't really gone, just its easy use), and get to the desired file in an extra step. |
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My Places--Another Question
Thanks. I am already using My Places for a bunch of folders I regularly
access. The problem with Files is that the ones I have as Favorites change pretty regularly. E.g., files in particular legal cases (a month or two from now I will get rid of the shortcuts and replace them with others) or monthly logs (I keep monthly logs for several things; every month th eold logs are replaced by new ones) so the Work Menu seems to have limited use for me, at lest the way I have structured everything. On the other hand, I have figured out how to get the Favorites in to My Places. I can still access Favorites and add/subtract shortcuts there. In short, I can do pretty much everything with favorites that I used to. It is a little more awkward, but I can live with it. But I will look again at the Work Menu. It may well have some use for files whose content may change but file name (and thus the shortcut) shokuld remain unchanged. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I find the Work menu invaluable. It will hold up to nine of the files I use most frequently (but not necessarily always those used most recently, which appear on the MRU list at the bottom of the File menu). It is exceedingly easy to add files to the list and not difficult to remove them. I don't see your objection. Moreover, if you really want to use the Favorites folder, you can still add it to My Places, and files in that folder are just as accessible as they always were; it's just a bit more difficult to add them there. But here's a sort of solution. Add a shortcut to the Favorites folder to your Send To folder in Windows. Then, to add a file to Favorites: 1. Right-click on the filename and choose Create Shortcut. 2. Right-click on the shortcut and choose Send To | Favorites. 3. Delete the shortcut in the file folder. -- 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. "Joe McGuire" wrote in message ... Susan: Well, after reading that paper all I can say is, well, gulp! The sorts of files I would like to bookmark (i.e., note as what used to be Favorites in Word 2003, or put in the My Places if it were possible, are not themselves carved in stone. I am sure this Work Menu has some meaningful use somehow, but it is not very apparent. And, to top it off, there seems to be some danger to it, as well. I think I can live with the slightly Klutzy work-around I described. meanwhile, I would like to whip with wet noodles the dweeb(s) who decided users no longer want to bookmark Word files. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The Places Bar accepts only folders. For files, use the Work Menu; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm (and be sure to note how to *remove* files 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. "Joe McGuire" wrote in message ... A few on this board helped me get over the loss of Favorites in Word 2003. Well, I am not really over it yet, but trying t move on. I am having trouble getting a Word file into "My Places." The line for that in the File OPerations window is grayed out. I seem to be able to add folders to My Places, but can I put a shortcut to a file there? I also know I can add this file to Favorites (which isn't really gone, just its easy use), and get to the desired file in an extra step. |
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