2003 VS XP Shortcut Bar John O'Boyle <john.l.oboyle[ at ]comcast.net> 4/10/2007 12:23:49 PM I've been using Office XP for several years now, and I've recently upgraded to Office 2003. I discover that Office 2003 no longer has a neat little utility called the "Office Shortcut Bar". Why Microsoft feels it's necessary to eliminate handy little features like this is beyond me, but I guess I have to learn to live with it. I still have my complete copy of Office XP and would like to know if anyone knows a way for me to migrate the Office XP shortcut bar to Office 2003. Any help in this endeavor would be appreciated. Thank you. JLOB

Re: 2003 VS XP Shortcut Bar "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <MillyS[ at ]donteventhinkaboutmailingmeatmvps.org> 4/10/2007 1:57:02 PM Please do not multi-post! -- Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without reading. After furious head scratching, John O'Boyle asked: | I've been using Office XP for several years now, and I've recently | upgraded to Office 2003. I discover that Office 2003 no longer has a | neat little utility called the "Office Shortcut Bar". Why Microsoft | feels it's necessary to eliminate handy little features like this is | beyond me, but I guess I have to learn to live with it. | | I still have my complete copy of Office XP and would like to know if | anyone knows a way for me to migrate the Office XP shortcut bar to | Office 2003. Any help in this endeavor would be appreciated. | | Thank you. | | JLOB

RE: 2003 VS XP Shortcut Bar Tim Feld 4/11/2007 4:50:03 PM Microsoft often uses focus groups to determine the popularity of a feature or function. Looks like the Office Shortcut Bar didn't make the cut. I'm fairly certain there is not a way to "migrate" the Office Shortcut Bar from Office XP. However, the Windows Quick Launch bar performs nearly the same function as the Office Shortcut Bar did (which is probably a big reason why they nuked the Office Shortcut Bar). If you haven't tried it, check it out. Tim "John O'Boyle" wrote: [Quoted Text] > I've been using Office XP for several years now, and I've recently > upgraded to Office 2003. I discover that Office 2003 no longer has a > neat little utility called the "Office Shortcut Bar". Why Microsoft > feels it's necessary to eliminate handy little features like this is > beyond me, but I guess I have to learn to live with it. > > I still have my complete copy of Office XP and would like to know if > anyone knows a way for me to migrate the Office XP shortcut bar to > Office 2003. Any help in this endeavor would be appreciated. > > Thank you. > > JLOB >

Re: 2003 VS XP Shortcut Bar "Steve" <SteveK50[ at ]yahoo.com> 5/29/2007 11:13:42 PM Hi... just saw this thread... sorry if I'm dredging up old news but: I use the Office Shortcut bar to "quick launch" Apps that are on my hard drive while I use the Windows Quick Launch to run stuff that's external to my PC... IE, Outlook, CuteFTP, mirc, etc. For one, this makes a logical separation of "inside/outside" my PC AND it keeps my Desktop from being cluttered (24 items on both bars and still have 19-20 on my Desktop). So... does anyone know of an alternative to the Office Shortcut Bar?? Something that I can COMBINE with the Windows Quick Launch bar?? Thanks in advance, Steve "Tim Feld" <TimFeld[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B5FBB15C-06DE-4E8E-9016-FD8CB2343BB7[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Microsoft often uses focus groups to determine the popularity of a feature > or > function. Looks like the Office Shortcut Bar didn't make the cut. > > I'm fairly certain there is not a way to "migrate" the Office Shortcut Bar > from Office XP. > > However, the Windows Quick Launch bar performs nearly the same function as > the Office Shortcut Bar did (which is probably a big reason why they nuked > the Office Shortcut Bar). If you haven't tried it, check it out. > > Tim > > > "John O'Boyle" wrote: > >> I've been using Office XP for several years now, and I've recently >> upgraded to Office 2003. I discover that Office 2003 no longer has a >> neat little utility called the "Office Shortcut Bar". Why Microsoft >> feels it's necessary to eliminate handy little features like this is >> beyond me, but I guess I have to learn to live with it. >> >> I still have my complete copy of Office XP and would like to know if >> anyone knows a way for me to migrate the Office XP shortcut bar to >> Office 2003. Any help in this endeavor would be appreciated. >> >> Thank you. >> >> JLOB >>

Re: 2003 VS XP Shortcut Bar "Tim" <tim_at_overthere.com> 5/30/2007 3:14:42 PM Yes, you can add tool bars. Just right-click on a blank area of the tool bar, click on "Toolbars", and then click on "New Toolbar". You can then add anything you want to the new toolbar. Tim "Steve" <SteveK50[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%233iJEckoHHA.4512[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Hi... just saw this thread... sorry if I'm dredging up old news but: > > I use the Office Shortcut bar to "quick launch" Apps that are on my hard > drive while I use the Windows Quick Launch to run stuff that's external to > my PC... IE, Outlook, CuteFTP, mirc, etc. For one, this makes a logical > separation of "inside/outside" my PC AND it keeps my Desktop from being > cluttered (24 items on both bars and still have 19-20 on my Desktop). > > So... does anyone know of an alternative to the Office Shortcut Bar?? > Something that I can COMBINE with the Windows Quick Launch bar?? > > Thanks in advance, > Steve > > > "Tim Feld" <TimFeld[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:B5FBB15C-06DE-4E8E-9016-FD8CB2343BB7[ at ]microsoft.com... >> Microsoft often uses focus groups to determine the popularity of a >> feature or >> function. Looks like the Office Shortcut Bar didn't make the cut. >> >> I'm fairly certain there is not a way to "migrate" the Office Shortcut >> Bar >> from Office XP. >> >> However, the Windows Quick Launch bar performs nearly the same function >> as >> the Office Shortcut Bar did (which is probably a big reason why they >> nuked >> the Office Shortcut Bar). If you haven't tried it, check it out. >> >> Tim >> >> >> "John O'Boyle" wrote: >> >>> I've been using Office XP for several years now, and I've recently >>> upgraded to Office 2003. I discover that Office 2003 no longer has a >>> neat little utility called the "Office Shortcut Bar". Why Microsoft >>> feels it's necessary to eliminate handy little features like this is >>> beyond me, but I guess I have to learn to live with it. >>> >>> I still have my complete copy of Office XP and would like to know if >>> anyone knows a way for me to migrate the Office XP shortcut bar to >>> Office 2003. Any help in this endeavor would be appreciated. >>> >>> Thank you. >>> >>> JLOB >>> > >