Save as disappeared from drop-down File list

[suroora]

The Save as option has disappeared from a colleague's drop-down File list. It
lists only Save and Save as web page. I got around it by adding the icon to
the toolbar, but cannot figure out why that happened. He's using Windows 2002
on XP Windows.

Has this happened to anyone?

Thanks,
Suroor

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It can happen quite easily by accident. If you press Ctrl+Alt+[dash on top
row], Word's pointer becomes a heavy black dash. The very next menu item
you click on gets removed from the menu.

This is meant to be a convenience, e.g., for removing files from the recent
files list. However, many folks inadvertently activate this "remove menu
shortcut "features whilst searching for some dash or hyphen variation. They
press the dreaded key combo, don't get what they want, don't notice the
heavy black dash, and then click some menu item, and presto!

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And because they're looking for a dash (for which the keyboard shortcut is
Ctrl+Alt+NumMinus), the next menu item clicked is often Insert | Symbol,
hence the explanation at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

It can happen quite easily by accident. If you press Ctrl+Alt+[dash on top
row], Word's pointer becomes a heavy black dash. The very next menu item
you click on gets removed from the menu.

This is meant to be a convenience, e.g., for removing files from the
recent files list. However, many folks inadvertently activate this "remove
menu shortcut "features whilst searching for some dash or hyphen
variation. They press the dreaded key combo, don't get what they want,
don't notice the heavy black dash, and then click some menu item, and
presto!

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com

The Save as option has disappeared from a colleague's drop-down File
list. It
lists only Save and Save as web page. I got around it by adding the icon
to
the toolbar, but cannot figure out why that happened. He's using Windows
2002
on XP Windows.

Has this happened to anyone?

Thanks,
Suroor