I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select that option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted). Why is it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I delete it?

You can delete it by pressing the kill command key combination:
Ctrl+Alt+-
This turns your mouse pointer into a big - and will delete _any command_
from any menu.
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Use it carefully.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted). Why is
it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I delete
it?

I need more detail. There are 2 Ctl and Alt keys at the bottom of the
keyboard (and I tried both sides). On the dropdown box, I placed the pointer
over the document name I want to delete, and pressed the Ctl key. As soon as
I pressed the Alt key as well, the dropdown box disappeared and I was looking
at the blank screen you get when you first open Word. What am I doing wrong?
Is there another step I need to take? I'm not sure what the + sign after Ctl
and Alt in your suggestion means....is that something else I should press as
well as the Ctl and Alt keys?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can delete it by pressing the kill command key combination:
Ctrl+Alt+-
This turns your mouse pointer into a big - and will delete _any command_
from any menu.
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Use it carefully.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Island Girl" Island wrote in message
...
I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted). Why is
it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I delete
it?

It's described in more detail in the article that Charles has linked to.

In case you can't get the

+ means you hold down the keys together.
When you hold down Actr and Alt and -, the cursor changes into a big fat
minus. Every toolbar button or menu item that you click on with that minus
will be zapped.

To turn the cursor normal, you can press the Esc key (top left of the
keyboard).

Greetings,
Klaus



"Island Girl" wrote:
I need more detail. There are 2 Ctl and Alt keys at the bottom of the
keyboard (and I tried both sides). On the dropdown box, I placed the
pointer
over the document name I want to delete, and pressed the Ctl key. As soon
as
I pressed the Alt key as well, the dropdown box disappeared and I was
looking
at the blank screen you get when you first open Word. What am I doing
wrong?
Is there another step I need to take? I'm not sure what the + sign after
Ctl
and Alt in your suggestion means....is that something else I should press
as
well as the Ctl and Alt keys?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can delete it by pressing the kill command key combination:
Ctrl+Alt+-
This turns your mouse pointer into a big - and will delete _any command_
from any menu.
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Use it carefully.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Island Girl" Island wrote in message
...
I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option
when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted). Why
is
it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I
delete
it?

When I open Word, Click on File at the top, then go to the bottom of the
dropbox where docs are listed 1,2,3, etc. I put the curser on the title I
want deleted, and press Ctl. As soon as I press the Alt key with the Ctl key
down, the dropbox disappears, and I have to click on File again to show it.
I did read the article linked to in Charles' reply, but I can't get it to
work. This is not a toolbar button, but a listing at the bottom of the
dropdown box when you open Word, and click File.
Any suggestions as to why I cannot get the results that you and Charles
think I should be getting???
"Klaus Linke" wrote:

It's described in more detail in the article that Charles has linked to.

In case you can't get the

+ means you hold down the keys together.
When you hold down Actr and Alt and -, the cursor changes into a big fat
minus. Every toolbar button or menu item that you click on with that minus
will be zapped.

To turn the cursor normal, you can press the Esc key (top left of the
keyboard).

Greetings,
Klaus



"Island Girl" wrote:
I need more detail. There are 2 Ctl and Alt keys at the bottom of the
keyboard (and I tried both sides). On the dropdown box, I placed the
pointer
over the document name I want to delete, and pressed the Ctl key. As soon
as
I pressed the Alt key as well, the dropdown box disappeared and I was
looking
at the blank screen you get when you first open Word. What am I doing
wrong?
Is there another step I need to take? I'm not sure what the + sign after
Ctl
and Alt in your suggestion means....is that something else I should press
as
well as the Ctl and Alt keys?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can delete it by pressing the kill command key combination:
Ctrl+Alt+-
This turns your mouse pointer into a big - and will delete _any command_
from any menu.
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Use it carefully.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Island Girl" Island wrote in message
...
I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option
when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted). Why
is
it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I
delete
it?

Any suggestions as to why I cannot get the results that you
and Charles think I should be getting???


Because you still got the order wrong: First you use Ctrl+Alt+-, that turns
the cursor into a cursor of devastation and destruction, and *then* you
click on the menu item.

Regards,
Klaus

Bingo!! That did it, changing the order in which I pressed the keys! Thanks
a million!! I also did the same thing for another one listed on the dropdown
box, and it deleted that one as well, with no problem.

"Klaus Linke" wrote:

Any suggestions as to why I cannot get the results that you
and Charles think I should be getting???


Because you still got the order wrong: First you use Ctrl+Alt+-, that turns
the cursor into a cursor of devastation and destruction, and *then* you
click on the menu item.

Regards,
Klaus

The shortcut is actually Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen (which may not have been entirely
clear from the way Charles wrote it). When you press this, you get the
"terminator hyphen," which you can use to remove *any* menu item. There are
some screen shots and more detail at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm

--
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.

"Island Girl" wrote in message
...
I need more detail. There are 2 Ctl and Alt keys at the bottom of the
keyboard (and I tried both sides). On the dropdown box, I placed the
pointer
over the document name I want to delete, and pressed the Ctl key. As soon
as
I pressed the Alt key as well, the dropdown box disappeared and I was
looking
at the blank screen you get when you first open Word. What am I doing
wrong?
Is there another step I need to take? I'm not sure what the + sign after
Ctl
and Alt in your suggestion means....is that something else I should press
as
well as the Ctl and Alt keys?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can delete it by pressing the kill command key combination:
Ctrl+Alt+-
This turns your mouse pointer into a big - and will delete _any command_
from any menu.
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Use it carefully.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Island Girl" Island wrote in message
...
I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option
when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted).
Why is
it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I
delete
it?

Repeating lost post:

The shortcut is actually Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen (which may not have been entirely
clear from the way Charles wrote it). When you press this, you get the
"terminator hyphen," which you can use to remove *any* menu item. There are
some screen shots and more detail at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm

--
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.

"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
It's described in more detail in the article that Charles has linked to.

In case you can't get the

+ means you hold down the keys together.
When you hold down Actr and Alt and -, the cursor changes into a big fat
minus. Every toolbar button or menu item that you click on with that minus
will be zapped.

To turn the cursor normal, you can press the Esc key (top left of the
keyboard).

Greetings,
Klaus



"Island Girl" wrote:
I need more detail. There are 2 Ctl and Alt keys at the bottom of the
keyboard (and I tried both sides). On the dropdown box, I placed the
pointer
over the document name I want to delete, and pressed the Ctl key. As
soon
as
I pressed the Alt key as well, the dropdown box disappeared and I was
looking
at the blank screen you get when you first open Word. What am I doing
wrong?
Is there another step I need to take? I'm not sure what the + sign after
Ctl
and Alt in your suggestion means....is that something else I should
press
as
well as the Ctl and Alt keys?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can delete it by pressing the kill command key combination:
Ctrl+Alt+-
This turns your mouse pointer into a big - and will delete _any
command_
from any menu.
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Use it carefully.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Island Girl" Island wrote in message
...
I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option
when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select
that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted).
Why
is
it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I
delete
it?

THANK GOD!

I use the built-in Work menu, and had no way to remove entries from the file
list. This problem was driving me nuts.

Thank you so much for knowing what to do.

Now, what does the giant + cursor do?

Michael

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Repeating lost post:

The shortcut is actually Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen (which may not have been entirely
clear from the way Charles wrote it). When you press this, you get the
"terminator hyphen," which you can use to remove *any* menu item. There are
some screen shots and more detail at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm

--
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.

"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
It's described in more detail in the article that Charles has linked to.

In case you can't get the

+ means you hold down the keys together.
When you hold down Actr and Alt and -, the cursor changes into a big fat
minus. Every toolbar button or menu item that you click on with that minus
will be zapped.

To turn the cursor normal, you can press the Esc key (top left of the
keyboard).

Greetings,
Klaus



"Island Girl" wrote:
I need more detail. There are 2 Ctl and Alt keys at the bottom of the
keyboard (and I tried both sides). On the dropdown box, I placed the
pointer
over the document name I want to delete, and pressed the Ctl key. As
soon
as
I pressed the Alt key as well, the dropdown box disappeared and I was
looking
at the blank screen you get when you first open Word. What am I doing
wrong?
Is there another step I need to take? I'm not sure what the + sign after
Ctl
and Alt in your suggestion means....is that something else I should
press
as
well as the Ctl and Alt keys?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can delete it by pressing the kill command key combination:
Ctrl+Alt+-
This turns your mouse pointer into a big - and will delete _any
command_
from any menu.
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Use it carefully.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Island Girl" Island wrote in message
...
I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option
when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select
that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted).
Why
is
it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I
delete
it?

Something about telling you what a button does? I can't experiment because I
have Ctrl+Alt+Plus assigned to a dagger character.

--
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.

"Michael Sims" Michael wrote in message
...
THANK GOD!

I use the built-in Work menu, and had no way to remove entries from the
file
list. This problem was driving me nuts.

Thank you so much for knowing what to do.

Now, what does the giant + cursor do?

Michael

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Repeating lost post:

The shortcut is actually Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen (which may not have been
entirely
clear from the way Charles wrote it). When you press this, you get the
"terminator hyphen," which you can use to remove *any* menu item. There
are
some screen shots and more detail at
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm

--
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.

"Klaus Linke" wrote in message
...
It's described in more detail in the article that Charles has linked
to.

In case you can't get the

+ means you hold down the keys together.
When you hold down Actr and Alt and -, the cursor changes into a big
fat
minus. Every toolbar button or menu item that you click on with that
minus
will be zapped.

To turn the cursor normal, you can press the Esc key (top left of the
keyboard).

Greetings,
Klaus



"Island Girl" wrote:
I need more detail. There are 2 Ctl and Alt keys at the bottom of the
keyboard (and I tried both sides). On the dropdown box, I placed the
pointer
over the document name I want to delete, and pressed the Ctl key. As
soon
as
I pressed the Alt key as well, the dropdown box disappeared and I
was
looking
at the blank screen you get when you first open Word. What am I
doing
wrong?
Is there another step I need to take? I'm not sure what the + sign
after
Ctl
and Alt in your suggestion means....is that something else I should
press
as
well as the Ctl and Alt keys?

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

You can delete it by pressing the kill command key combination:
Ctrl+Alt+-
This turns your mouse pointer into a big - and will delete _any
command_
from any menu.
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Use it carefully.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version
of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Island Girl" Island wrote in
message
...
I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an
option
when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select
that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was
deleted).
Why
is
it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can
I
delete
it?

"Island Girl" wrote:

I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select that option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted). Why is it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I delete it?

Press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and then click on the unwanted document.

--
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.

"edpusrex" wrote in message
...


"Island Girl" wrote:

I deleted a letter in Word 2003, but it still is listed as an option
when I
open Word and click on File on the tool bar. However, if I select that
option
from the list, Word says it can't find it (because it was deleted). Why
is it
still listed as an option under File on the tool bar, and how can I
delete it?