Bring back the office short cut bar!

The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain the short
cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves space on
the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.

Why are so many people crying to get the shortcut bar back? It doesn't save
space, it takes it up.

You want quick access to programs you use, put them in the Start Menu - no
desk space at all, click the button or hit the Windows key and there you
are!

Val

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"Shortcut Champion" Shortcut wrote in
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The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain the short
cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves space on
the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.

I personally don't see it's attraction, but no matter. See
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=327

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




Shortcut Champion wrote:
The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain the short
cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves space on
the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.

The OSB saves time in accessing programs, documents and folders.

I personally use the following programs for quick access to
programs,documents, and folders. Both programs offer additional
functionality that has proven to be extremely useful.

http://www.dntsoft.com/ccm/
Contextual menu wizard
http://www.pitrinec.com/pmeindex.htm
perfect menu

--
Paul Ballou
MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

"VManes" wrote in message
...
Why are so many people crying to get the shortcut bar back? It doesn't
save
space, it takes it up.

You want quick access to programs you use, put them in the Start Menu - no
desk space at all, click the button or hit the Windows key and there you
are!

Val

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The difference between hearsay and heresy is that hearsay
is the unsubstantiated statements we believe, and heresy is
the unsubstantiated statements someone else believes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Shortcut Champion" Shortcut wrote in
message ...
The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain the
short
cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves space
on
the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.

I appreciate the suggestions on these third party solutions, and I will try
them out. I think it is typical Microsoft "BS" to dump such a useful tool.
I used the shortcut bar MANY TIMES EVERY DAY.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

"Paul Ballou" wrote:

The OSB saves time in accessing programs, documents and folders.

I personally use the following programs for quick access to
programs,documents, and folders. Both programs offer additional
functionality that has proven to be extremely useful.

http://www.dntsoft.com/ccm/
Contextual menu wizard
http://www.pitrinec.com/pmeindex.htm
perfect menu

--
Paul Ballou
MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

"VManes" wrote in message
...
Why are so many people crying to get the shortcut bar back? It doesn't
save
space, it takes it up.

You want quick access to programs you use, put them in the Start Menu - no
desk space at all, click the button or hit the Windows key and there you
are!

Val

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The difference between hearsay and heresy is that hearsay
is the unsubstantiated statements we believe, and heresy is
the unsubstantiated statements someone else believes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Shortcut Champion" Shortcut wrote in
message ...
The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain the
short
cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves space
on
the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.

We have recently upgraded to Office XP at work and have had the same
complaint from users about the much-loved OSB.

We have got around the problem by unlocking the taskbar at the foot of the
screen (right click in the taskbar area, deselect "lock office taskbar")
then hold down the mouse button while dragging a copy of the program/folder
which you have copied to your desktop on to the taskbar. When you release
the mouse button, the copied item will be in the taskbar, which can b
extended sideways so that you can see what you wish to see.

Hope this helps.

Sue Godwin

Hi, I thought I would chime in on some of these since there is obviously a lot of passion around this.

First, I was also an enthusiastic user of the Office Shortcut Bar (OSB): there was something just comforting and easy about having it right there all the time. I missed it until someone showed me the Windows Quick Launch bar (just to the right of the Start button).

From the folks I’ve talked to around here, it basically came down to cost vs. benefit. The cost of maintaining the OSB was not trivial: it was relatively old code which had a number of “issues�, not the least of which were some international problems. We could have addressed them all, but the benefit over and above Windows XP’s Quick Launch toolbar just didn’t justify the cost.

Beth wrote an excellent work-around if you really don’t like the Quick Launch bar, and I’ve reprinted the links for how to use it.

Beth's work-around on TechTrax: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=327

Showing the Windows Quick Launch bar (from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...owql_howto.asp)

Thanks,

-Steve Anderson
PM, Office

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Shortcut Champion wrote:


The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain the short
cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves space on
the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.

Steve, I use the Quick Launch bar AND the OSB for a couple of different
reasons: a) to minimize the amount of space you take up on the Launch bar,
but mostly b) what I used most on the OSB was the New Email message, New
Appointment, etc. for Outlook. It does not appear possible to add those
things to the Quick Launch Bar. If there is, can you tell me how?

Thank you.

Deb Borys


"Steve Anderson [msft]" wrote:

Hi, I thought I would chime in on some of these since there is obviously a lot of passion around this.

First, I was also an enthusiastic user of the Office Shortcut Bar (OSB): there was something just comforting and easy about having it right there all the time. I missed it until someone showed me the Windows Quick Launch bar (just to the right of the Start button).

From the folks I’ve talked to around here, it basically came down to cost vs. benefit. The cost of maintaining the OSB was not trivial: it was relatively old code which had a number of “issues�, not the least of which were some international problems. We could have addressed them all, but the benefit over and above Windows XP’s Quick Launch toolbar just didn’t justify the cost.

Beth wrote an excellent work-around if you really don’t like the Quick Launch bar, and I’ve reprinted the links for how to use it.

Beth's work-around on TechTrax: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=327

Showing the Windows Quick Launch bar (from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...owql_howto.asp)

Thanks,

-Steve Anderson
PM, Office

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Shortcut Champion wrote:


The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain the short
cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves space on
the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.

You can use these parameters to create shortcuts on your desktop for the
Outlook functions.

Create an e-mail message /c ipm.note
Create a post /c ipm.post
Create an appointment /c ipm.appointment
Create a task /c ipm.task
Create a contact /c ipm.contact
Create a journal entry /c ipm.activity
Create a note /c ipm.stickynote

Append the path to your outlook.exe before adding the separate switches.
Save the shortcut to your desktop or QL bar.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
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After furious head scratching, Deb Borys asked:

| Steve, I use the Quick Launch bar AND the OSB for a couple of
| different reasons: a) to minimize the amount of space you take up on
| the Launch bar, but mostly b) what I used most on the OSB was the New
| Email message, New Appointment, etc. for Outlook. It does not appear
| possible to add those things to the Quick Launch Bar. If there is,
| can you tell me how?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Deb Borys
|
|
| "Steve Anderson [msft]" wrote:
|
|| Hi, I thought I would chime in on some of these since there is
|| obviously a lot of passion around this.
||
|| First, I was also an enthusiastic user of the Office Shortcut Bar
|| (OSB): there was something just comforting and easy about having it
|| right there all the time. I missed it until someone showed me the
|| Windows Quick Launch bar (just to the right of the Start button).
||
|| From the folks I’ve talked to around here, it basically came down
|| to cost vs. benefit. The cost of maintaining the OSB was not
|| trivial: it was relatively old code which had a number of
|| “issues�, not the least of which were some international
|| problems. We could have addressed them all, but the benefit over
|| and above Windows XP’s Quick Launch toolbar just didn’t justify
|| the cost.
||
|| Beth wrote an excellent work-around if you really don’t like the
|| Quick Launch bar, and I’ve reprinted the links for how to use it.
||
|| Beth's work-around on TechTrax:
|| http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=327
||
|| Showing the Windows Quick Launch bar (from
||
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...owql_howto.asp)
||
|| Thanks,
||
|| -Steve Anderson
|| PM, Office
||
|| This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
|| rights.
||
|| Shortcut Champion wrote:
||
||
|| The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain
|| the short
|| cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves
|| space on
|| the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.

I was hoping this reply would be my savior. THe feature I missed the most was
the ability to open a blank email or appointment right from the Office
Shortcut Bar. Unfortuantely, I'm not sure where to add these paramaters.

For instance, the path to my Outlook is "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" But, I don't know where to put "/c imp.note" to
create a shortcut to open a blank email? Any help?

I tried:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c imp.note
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE /c imp.note"
"/c imp.note C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE"

Help please!
Shawn Fultz


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

You can use these parameters to create shortcuts on your desktop for the
Outlook functions.

Create an e-mail message /c ipm.note
Create a post /c ipm.post
Create an appointment /c ipm.appointment
Create a task /c ipm.task
Create a contact /c ipm.contact
Create a journal entry /c ipm.activity
Create a note /c ipm.stickynote

Append the path to your outlook.exe before adding the separate switches.
Save the shortcut to your desktop or QL bar.

--�
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Deb Borys asked:

| Steve, I use the Quick Launch bar AND the OSB for a couple of
| different reasons: a) to minimize the amount of space you take up on
| the Launch bar, but mostly b) what I used most on the OSB was the New
| Email message, New Appointment, etc. for Outlook. It does not appear
| possible to add those things to the Quick Launch Bar. If there is,
| can you tell me how?
|
| Thank you.
|
| Deb Borys
|
|
| "Steve Anderson [msft]" wrote:
|
|| Hi, I thought I would chime in on some of these since there is
|| obviously a lot of passion around this.
||
|| First, I was also an enthusiastic user of the Office Shortcut Bar
|| (OSB): there was something just comforting and easy about having it
|| right there all the time. I missed it until someone showed me the
|| Windows Quick Launch bar (just to the right of the Start button).
||
|| From the folks I’ve talked to around here, it basically came down
|| to cost vs. benefit. The cost of maintaining the OSB was not
|| trivial: it was relatively old code which had a number of
|| “issues�, not the least of which were some international
|| problems. We could have addressed them all, but the benefit over
|| and above Windows XP’s Quick Launch toolbar just didn’t justify
|| the cost.
||
|| Beth wrote an excellent work-around if you really don’t like the
|| Quick Launch bar, and I’ve reprinted the links for how to use it.
||
|| Beth's work-around on TechTrax:
|| http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/P...cle.asp?ID=327
||
|| Showing the Windows Quick Launch bar (from
||
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/h...owql_howto.asp)
||
|| Thanks,
||
|| -Steve Anderson
|| PM, Office
||
|| This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
|| rights.
||
|| Shortcut Champion wrote:
||
||
|| The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain
|| the short
|| cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves
|| space on
|| the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.