Is there a way...?

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Paul of El Cajon

Let me tell you all what I would like to do and maybe someone can tell me if I
can and how.

I have a lot of .PDF documents that I refer to a lot. I would like to be able
to click on an icon on the desktop and bring up a list of all those .PDF files
or their folders and then be able to click again and bring up the document in
AAR.

Your thoughts are appreciated.
 
If you run a search [Start > Search], entering *.pdf for the file name, and
the relevant top level folder in the look in box, you can then use File>
Save Search, after running it, to save that search to the desktop.

Jon
 
Paul said:
Let me tell you all what I would like to do and maybe someone can tell me if I
can and how.

I have a lot of .PDF documents that I refer to a lot. I would like to be able
to click on an icon on the desktop and bring up a list of all those .PDF files
or their folders and then be able to click again and bring up the document in
AAR.

Your thoughts are appreciated.
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Look for an Acrobat plugin that allows you to save/recall document
workspaces.
 
Paul,

Why don't you have a folder on your desktop with all the .pdf shortcuts.
Then you can view the open folder as the 'list' and then click the .pdf to
view if needed.

Drew
 
Paul said:
Let me tell you all what I would like to do and maybe someone can
tell me if I can and how.

I have a lot of .PDF documents that I refer to a lot. I would like
to be able to click on an icon on the desktop and bring up a list of
all those .PDF files or their folders and then be able to click again
and bring up the document in AAR.

Your thoughts are appreciated.
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Create a folder on your desktop (name it whatever).
Search all files (.pdf).
Select the pdf files of your choosing. (highlight).
Copy to folder, choose the desktop folder.
 
I agree with Drew. Put all your pdf's in this new folder. If you do not want
to move the files from a location create a shortcut and put the shortcut in
the folder.
 
I agree with Drew. Put all your pdf's in this new folder. If you do not want
to move the files from a location create a shortcut and put the shortcut in
the folder.
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Thanks Allen. See my reply to Drew.
 
If you run a search [Start > Search], entering *.pdf for the file name, and
the relevant top level folder in the look in box, you can then use File>
Save Search, after running it, to save that search to the desktop.
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I am afraid that won't work Jon. There isn't enough room on the Desktop. There
are about 439 manuals I use. But thanks for giving it some thought.
 
Paul,
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Why don't you have a folder on your desktop with all the .pdf shortcuts.
Then you can view the open folder as the 'list' and then click the .pdf to
view if needed.
Click to expand...
Drew
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That is the method I use now Drew. What is happening is this: I get new
documents, updates with slightly different names and replacments so foten that
the shortcuts become obsolete that I spend a lot of time updating the darn list.
I was hoping there was a better way.

Appreciate your thinking though.
 
Well you never mentioned you were limited on HDD space. you have a few other
options. Burn them to a DVD, an external USB HDD.
 
Well you never mentioned you were limited on HDD space. you have a few other
options. Burn them to a DVD, an external USB HDD.
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I never mentioned I had a limit on HDD space because I don't. I am not sure
where you got that idea.

As for burning them on DVD, I *did* say they change quite often.
 
you replied to Jon that "I am afraid that won't work Jon. There isn't
enough room on the Desktop. There
are about 439 manuals I use. But thanks for giving it some thought."

So if you do not want all these individual manuals on your desktop why don't
you use the suggestion of putting them in a folder on your desktop?
 
That is the method I use now Drew. What is happening is this: I get new
documents, updates with slightly different names and replacments so foten that
the shortcuts become obsolete that I spend a lot of time updating the darn list.
I was hoping there was a better way.
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You didn't READ the person who first replied to this.

PUT THE DAMNED FILES INTO ONE DIRECTORY... don't put shortcuts to them
there.

If you do that, when you open the directory, you will see EVERY file
that you want to open.

If you're not smart enough to see that, then you're beyond helping.
 
Paul of El Cajon wrote:
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You didn't READ the person who first replied to this.
Click to expand...
PUT THE DAMNED FILES INTO ONE DIRECTORY... don't put shortcuts to them
there.
Click to expand...
If you do that, when you open the directory, you will see EVERY file
that you want to open.
Click to expand...
If you're not smart enough to see that, then you're beyond helping.
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That would be wonderful if they weren't all over a network and I had control of
them all.

Just forget the question. I didn't mean to make people get their shorts in a
bunch.
 
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