I deleted a shortcut to Word from my desktop. Now it is gone from the list
of programs in Office. The only way I can open Word is either to open a
pre-existing document or use the New Office Document shortcut. Any ideas
about getting Word back into my list of "All Programs?"

Replying to my own question: read the answers to a similar question below.
I've gone to WINWORD.EXE and created a shortcut to Word from my desktop, but
am still puzzled as to why it disappeared from my list of Programs in the
Start-All Programs-Microsoft Office list. Any ideas? BTW, I'm using Windows
XP and Office Professional 2003.

"Laura Sue" wrote:

I deleted a shortcut to Word from my desktop. Now it is gone from the list
of programs in Office. The only way I can open Word is either to open a
pre-existing document or use the New Office Document shortcut. Any ideas
about getting Word back into my list of "All Programs?"