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Mac Forum / Applications / Word / February 2006getting rid of path in work menu
Is there a way to get rid of the path for work menu items in Word 2004 so that just the item names are listed? In other words, can I make it so that I never see the path? No. Maybe next version :-) On 2/2/06 2:29 AM, in article 1138807777.237156.215150@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, "Phil G" <gaines@montana.edu> wrote: > Is there a way to get rid of the path for work menu items in Word 2004 > so that just the item names are listed? In other words, can I make it > so that I never see the path?  SignaturePlease reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john@mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 Phil and John, I have *very* occasionally had a filepath appear (Word 2004, OS 10.4.3), but it doesn't often happen. I tentatively concluded it appeared when I put something from another hard drive on the work menu. Cheers, Clive Huggan Canberra, Australia (My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed) ============================================================ * A SUGGESTION -- WAIT FOR CONSIDERED ADVICE: If you post a question, keep re-visiting the newsgroup for several days after the first response comes in. Sometimes it takes a few responses before the best or complete solution is proposed; sometimes you'll be asked for further information so that a better answer can be provided. Good tips about getting the best out of posting are at http://word.mvps.org/FindHelp/Posting.htm (if you use Safari you may see a blank page and have to hit the circular arrow icon -- "Reload the current page" -- a few times). * AVOID SPAM: To avoid spam directed at contributors of newsgroups, you can set up a "send-only" dummy e-mail account. Full guidelines are at http://www.entourage.mvps.org/tips/tip019.html ============================================================ On 2/2/06 10:05 PM, in article C008329E.2B914%john@mcghie.name, "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]" <john@mcghie.name> wrote: > No. Maybe next version :-) > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> so that just the item names are listed? In other words, can I make it >> so that I never see the path? Hi Clive: That would seem to be correct. All my Work Menu items have paths, and they're all on the PC. I just added one from the current Documents folder on the Mac's local disk, and it does not display the path. Cheers On 4/2/06 2:46 PM, in article C00A6EC9.17F30%REMOVETHISoffice@ANDTHISstrategists.com.au, "Clive Huggan" <REMOVETHISoffice@ANDTHISstrategists.com.au> wrote: > Phil and John, > [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] >>> so that just the item names are listed? In other words, can I make it >>> so that I never see the path? SignaturePlease reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john@mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 I only ever have one hard drive that I use files from, and I get random paths, so I don't think that's it. Right now, about 5 of 16 have filepaths. Totally wild guess--perhaps it has something to do with which folder Word considers active at the time of adding the file to the work menu? > Hi Clive: > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> something from another hard drive on the work menu. >> >>>> Is there a way to get rid of the path for work menu items in Word 2004 >>>> so that just the item names are listed? In other words, can I make it >>>> so that I never see the path? Yeah, Daiya I think you are right. But Word 2004 has some strange habits related to how and when it will update what it considers to be the "Current Folder". I suspect that the file paths might "go away" if the 'current' current folder is the same as the path in thee shortcut, and come back when the current folder changes. What I have not figured out is WHEN Word 2004 updates the 'current folder'. It is supposed to update it whenever you open a document. It doesn't do that, but I am not sure what it does instead... Cheers On 7/2/06 8:13 PM, in article C00DA4AF.5F9D1%daiyaNOSPAM@mvps.org.INVALID, > I only ever have one hard drive that I use files from, and I get random > paths, so I don't think that's it. Right now, about 5 of 16 have filepaths. [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>>>> so that just the item names are listed? In other words, can I make it >>>>> so that I never see the path? SignaturePlease reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie <john@mcghie.name> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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