Word 2003 - Work menu

How do I REMOVE a file name from the Work menu? I read somewhere how to put
them on there (with file open, choose Work/Add to work menu), but I can't
find even that information anywhere in help, nor any mention of the existence
of the Work menu.

Hello MKT-Chicago,

Press Ctrl + Alt + -

Your cursor will change to a thick black line. Choose Work and click on the
field to be removed.

There is a full explanation on:
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm#PageStart

Judith

"MKT-Chicago" wrote:

How do I REMOVE a file name from the Work menu? I read somewhere how to put
them on there (with file open, choose Work/Add to work menu), but I can't
find even that information anywhere in help, nor any mention of the existence
of the Work menu.

You can remove items from the Work menu by typing the CMD, OPT and - keys
(that's the minus key from the main keyboard), then selecting the item from
the menu. This works for any menu item in Word so be very careful!


--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"MKT-Chicago" wrote:

How do I REMOVE a file name from the Work menu? I read somewhere how to put
them on there (with file open, choose Work/Add to work menu), but I can't
find even that information anywhere in help, nor any mention of the existence
of the Work menu.

JudithJubilee-
Thanks very much, that sure does it! But although the page at the link you
provided has "Work Menu in Microsoft Word" as an entry in a long list of
links, it's one of two that's not hyperlinked to anything.

MKT-Chicago

"JudithJubilee" wrote:

Hello MKT-Chicago,

Press Ctrl + Alt + -

Your cursor will change to a thick black line. Choose Work and click on the
field to be removed.

There is a full explanation on:
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm#PageStart

Judith

"MKT-Chicago" wrote:

How do I REMOVE a file name from the Work menu? I read somewhere how to put
them on there (with file open, choose Work/Add to work menu), but I can't
find even that information anywhere in help, nor any mention of the existence
of the Work menu.

Carol-

Thanks very much. It sounds like you're a Mac user, but the directions
exactly parallel the Windows ones provided by JudithJubilee. Thanks also for
the warning that the technique also works on other menus - I didn't know you
could remove entries from normal menus.

MKT-Chicago

"Carol" wrote:

You can remove items from the Work menu by typing the CMD, OPT and - keys
(that's the minus key from the main keyboard), then selecting the item from
the menu. This works for any menu item in Word so be very careful!


--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"MKT-Chicago" wrote:

How do I REMOVE a file name from the Work menu? I read somewhere how to put
them on there (with file open, choose Work/Add to work menu), but I can't
find even that information anywhere in help, nor any mention of the existence
of the Work menu.

Opps! Try this:

http://www.addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm and scroll down.



"MKT-Chicago" wrote:

JudithJubilee-
Thanks very much, that sure does it! But although the page at the link you
provided has "Work Menu in Microsoft Word" as an entry in a long list of
links, it's one of two that's not hyperlinked to anything.

MKT-Chicago

"JudithJubilee" wrote:

Hello MKT-Chicago,

Press Ctrl + Alt + -

Your cursor will change to a thick black line. Choose Work and click on the
field to be removed.

There is a full explanation on:
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm#PageStart

Judith

"MKT-Chicago" wrote:

How do I REMOVE a file name from the Work menu? I read somewhere how to put
them on there (with file open, choose Work/Add to work menu), but I can't
find even that information anywhere in help, nor any mention of the existence
of the Work menu.

Aha - I didn't realize how much further the page went! (I took the
digression to a list of historical events as being the beginning of the end
of the page, silly me.)

That site looks like a treasure trove.

Thanks again.
MKT-Chicago


"JudithJubilee" wrote:

Opps! Try this:

http://www.addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm and scroll down.



"MKT-Chicago" wrote:

JudithJubilee-
Thanks very much, that sure does it! But although the page at the link you
provided has "Work Menu in Microsoft Word" as an entry in a long list of
links, it's one of two that's not hyperlinked to anything.

MKT-Chicago

"JudithJubilee" wrote:

Hello MKT-Chicago,

Press Ctrl + Alt + -

Your cursor will change to a thick black line. Choose Work and click on the
field to be removed.

There is a full explanation on:
http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm#PageStart

Judith

"MKT-Chicago" wrote:

How do I REMOVE a file name from the Work menu? I read somewhere how to put
them on there (with file open, choose Work/Add to work menu), but I can't
find even that information anywhere in help, nor any mention of the existence
of the Work menu.

http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm
Be careful of the keyboard command because it will remove any command from
any menu.
--
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"MKT-Chicago" wrote in message
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How do I REMOVE a file name from the Work menu? I read somewhere how to
put
them on there (with file open, choose Work/Add to work menu), but I can't
find even that information anywhere in help, nor any mention of the
existence
of the Work menu.

I use Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac on Macs running OS X 10.4.7. I have
happily used Work menus for years. Suddenly I lost the ability to remove
items from the Work menu on my G4 laptop. Astounded, I tried it on my office
desktop, and it still worked (I think it was command-option-minus). But sure
enough, a few weeks later, after I'd automatically updated Office, it stopped
working on my desktop as well. One of the updates seems to have disabled the
feature, but I can't reenable it. I cannot delete any items in my Work menu,
making it nearly useless: both Work menus are now far too long and include
documents I completed months ago. I've tried various other key combinations
in case the combination somehow changed (control-option-minus,
control-alt-minus, command-alt-minus, you name it), but nothing works. These
other commands just move the highlighting between the top and bottom items on
the Work menu.

I also can't get a minus to remove anything from any other menu, either, but
I never used that function anyway.

Can anyone suggest a way to re-enable the command or an alternative command
to remove items from the Work menu?

Why does your subject line say Word 2003 (windows version) when you are
using Word 2004 on a Mac? Such typos can create great confusion.

Anyhow, this is a known issue on the Mac--I think one of the Universal
Access commands in System Preferences overrides cmd-option-minus. Here's a
good explanation:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...rd/browse_frm/
thread/75da70f31d369951/b9a9df06e9453349

For future reference,
See here for Google/Entourage gateway to newsgroups for MacWord, MacExcel,
and other MS programs for the Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/community.aspx?pid=newsgroups

It's hard to tell when a problem is Mac-specific--in general, if you want to
know how to do something, either the general or Mac-specific groups will
work. If something is going wrong, try the Mac groups first.

I'm guessing that you updated the OS at the same time as you updated Office,
and Apple might have turned on some Access features by default in a recent
update--my VoiceOver came on randomly and the computer began explaining what
I was doing.


On 9/18/06 6:30 AM, "NGD" wrote:

I use Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac on Macs running OS X 10.4.7. I have
happily used Work menus for years. Suddenly I lost the ability to remove
items from the Work menu on my G4 laptop. Astounded, I tried it on my office
desktop, and it still worked (I think it was command-option-minus). But sure
enough, a few weeks later, after I'd automatically updated Office, it stopped
working on my desktop as well. One of the updates seems to have disabled the
feature, but I can't reenable it. I cannot delete any items in my Work menu,
making it nearly useless: both Work menus are now far too long and include
documents I completed months ago. I've tried various other key combinations
in case the combination somehow changed (control-option-minus,
control-alt-minus, command-alt-minus, you name it), but nothing works. These
other commands just move the highlighting between the top and bottom items on
the Work menu.

I also can't get a minus to remove anything from any other menu, either, but
I never used that function anyway.

Can anyone suggest a way to re-enable the command or an alternative command
to remove items from the Work menu?

--
Daiya Mitchell, MVP Mac/Word
Word FAQ: http://www.word.mvps.org/
MacWord Tips: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/WordMacHome.html
What's an MVP? A volunteer! Read the FAQ: http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/