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Word2003 had a built-in menu "Work" that I use all the time. Is there such a
thing in Word2007? I can't find it.
thing in Word2007? I can't find it.
J
Jay Freedman
Hi Bob,
The Work menu has been removed. The replacement is "pinning" one or
more files in the recent files list.
Click the round Office icon to open the File menu, and notice the
"pushpin" icon to the right of each file in the recent files list. If
you click a pushpin to activate it, that file won't fall off the list
as you open other files. To let the file become a candidate for
removal again, click the pushpin to "unpin" it.
In the Word Options dialog, you can now set the length of the recent
files list up to 50 instead of the previous limit of 9.
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The Work menu has been removed. The replacement is "pinning" one or
more files in the recent files list.
Click the round Office icon to open the File menu, and notice the
"pushpin" icon to the right of each file in the recent files list. If
you click a pushpin to activate it, that file won't fall off the list
as you open other files. To let the file become a candidate for
removal again, click the pushpin to "unpin" it.
In the Word Options dialog, you can now set the length of the recent
files list up to 50 instead of the previous limit of 9.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Guest
Thanks. That's even better. I haven't found anything in Office2007 that's
not better than it was in Office2003. Greate job!!!
not better than it was in Office2003. Greate job!!!
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Beth Melton
Did you also find you can have up to 50 documents in the MRU list? 
This is in Word Options (click the Office Button) in the Advanced
section under Display.
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This is in Word Options (click the Office Button) in the Advanced
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Since Jay just told him, I imagine he has found it.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Be sure to "Send a Smile" when you find something you like:
http://sas.office.microsoft.com/
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Beth Melton
Whoops, I didn't scroll far enough on Jay's post. <g>
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Does Word 2007 offer an easy way to remove files from the MRU list? Or does
Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen still work?
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Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen still work?
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Jay Freedman
No and no. :-( At least in this beta, you just wait for the old ones
to scroll off.
to scroll off.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
I hope that will be changed. For some reason users are really annoyed by
deleted files appearing on the MRU list. I guess you could reduce the number
of files on the list to a number that would eliminate the offending one.
Also, is there anything comparable to the Getting Started task pane that has
the same MRU list?
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deleted files appearing on the MRU list. I guess you could reduce the number
of files on the list to a number that would eliminate the offending one.
Also, is there anything comparable to the Getting Started task pane that has
the same MRU list?
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so all may benefit.Jay Freedman said:
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Jay Freedman
I just did a couple of little experiments and found this behavior:
- In Word 2003 (and presumably all earlier versions), if you have a
larger number of files on the MRU, reducing the setting and then
increasing it again permanently removes the bottom of the list. That
is, if you set the MRU from 9 to 2 and then put it back to 9, the File
menu continues to show only files 1 and 2 until you start opening more
files.
- In Word 2007, reducing the setting doesn't remove the bottom of the
MRU, it just hides it. Restoring the setting to the larger number
brings back the full list. The exception is that setting the MRU to
zero completely clears the list, and it isn't restored by increasing
the setting.
I can understand to some extent why users are bothered by having
deleted documents in the list -- if you click one by accident, you get
a message box (and in 2003 it contains a lot of "helpful" information
that _doesn't_ include "this file may have been deleted"!) that needs
an extra click to dismiss.
There is no equivalent of the Getting Started task pane, thank
goodness -- what a waste of electrons that was. In general, there's
been a big effort to reduce the redundancy in the UI, which is mostly
a good idea.
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- In Word 2003 (and presumably all earlier versions), if you have a
larger number of files on the MRU, reducing the setting and then
increasing it again permanently removes the bottom of the list. That
is, if you set the MRU from 9 to 2 and then put it back to 9, the File
menu continues to show only files 1 and 2 until you start opening more
files.
- In Word 2007, reducing the setting doesn't remove the bottom of the
MRU, it just hides it. Restoring the setting to the larger number
brings back the full list. The exception is that setting the MRU to
zero completely clears the list, and it isn't restored by increasing
the setting.
I can understand to some extent why users are bothered by having
deleted documents in the list -- if you click one by accident, you get
a message box (and in 2003 it contains a lot of "helpful" information
that _doesn't_ include "this file may have been deleted"!) that needs
an extra click to dismiss.
There is no equivalent of the Getting Started task pane, thank
goodness -- what a waste of electrons that was. In general, there's
been a big effort to reduce the redundancy in the UI, which is mostly
a good idea.
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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
So there is currently NO way to remove deleted files from the MRU list other
than to delete the entire list? I hope someone will bug that because I can
see this being a major pain point for some users.
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than to delete the entire list? I hope someone will bug that because I can
see this being a major pain point for some users.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Ah, thanks. Perhaps Jay has that shortcut assigned to something else? As
long as the shortcut works, that's all we need (after all, it's all we have
now). But it would be really handy (and users would thank MS), if you could
right-click on an MRU list entry and get a shortcut menu that included
Remove or Delete. It could perhaps also include Move Up, Move Down, etc.
Maybe in Word 2010?
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long as the shortcut works, that's all we need (after all, it's all we have
now). But it would be really handy (and users would thank MS), if you could
right-click on an MRU list entry and get a shortcut menu that included
Remove or Delete. It could perhaps also include Move Up, Move Down, etc.
Maybe in Word 2010?
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Jay Freedman
Maybe it's because I'm running Office 2007 in a virtual machine...
If I open the File menu first and then press Ctrl+Alt+hyphen,
apparently nothing at all happens. Clicking any file name opens that
file.
If I press Ctrl+Alt+hyphen while the File menu is closed, then open
the File menu, the cursor changes back to an arrow -- it looks like
the destructive cursor is _gone_. But clicking a file name does
delete it from the MRU. I think this is somewhere between
disconcerting and dangerous.
The weirdest part is that if I hover over a file name *and press and
release Ctrl twice* then the destructive cursor reappears. This is
starting to feel like voodoo...
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If I open the File menu first and then press Ctrl+Alt+hyphen,
apparently nothing at all happens. Clicking any file name opens that
file.
If I press Ctrl+Alt+hyphen while the File menu is closed, then open
the File menu, the cursor changes back to an arrow -- it looks like
the destructive cursor is _gone_. But clicking a file name does
delete it from the MRU. I think this is somewhere between
disconcerting and dangerous.
The weirdest part is that if I hover over a file name *and press and
release Ctrl twice* then the destructive cursor reappears. This is
starting to feel like voodoo...
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Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
This does sound like a display issue. In previous versions of Word, when you
press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen, the cursor appears as a hyphen when summoned, changes
to an arrow when you hover over the menu bar, and then changes back to a
hyphen when you hover over a menu. The fact that it still appears as a
hyphen over the toolbars is a bit disconcerting, however.
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press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen, the cursor appears as a hyphen when summoned, changes
to an arrow when you hover over the menu bar, and then changes back to a
hyphen when you hover over a menu. The fact that it still appears as a
hyphen over the toolbars is a bit disconcerting, however.
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