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I learned in Guy Hart-Davis' excellent Word Annoyances (O'Reilly) that Word has a "work menu" that lists the files you designate so you can easily load ones that you use frequently. To install it, go to Tools > Customize > Built-in Menus and drag "Work Menu" onto your tool bar. Nice! But I couldn't figure out how to remove an entry from the list. PCPlus has an answer, and, although it's ridiculously complex, it's the best one I could find. If you know of an easier way to delete an entry from the Work Menu, let me know. Anyway, PCPlus says to go to Tools > Customize > All Commands and drag ‘"ToolsCustomizeRemoveMenuShortcut" to your toolbar. (Right-click on it and rename it before you close the Customize dialogue box.) Now when you click on it and then click on the Work menu, it lets you click on an entry you want to remove. Omigod, didn't anyone at Microsoft use the Work menu before it shipped? By the way, if the PCPlus technique doesn't work, this page has a macro that supposedly will do the trick. I haven't tried it, so take it as is:
It also has a macro you can attach as an item on your work menu. (If you're not comfortable with Word macros, skip it! I am not responsible, etc.) [Tags: annoyances WordAnnoyances word Microsoft tips] Posted
by D. Weinberger at August 23, 2005 05:54 PM
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The PCPlus article says:
"It just so happens that there's a key sequence to remove a file's name from the list under Work, but it's awkward to use: [ALT]+[CTRL]+[-] does the job."
I'm not convinced this is awkard, lots of shortcuts work like this.
What is true is I don't delete files from this list very often so I forget the combination a lot!
Posted by: David Miles | September 4, 2005 06:42 AM
I'd seen this, but it didn't work for me. For some reason.
Posted by: David Weinberger | September 4, 2005 09:12 PM
If the keystroke combination didn't work for you it may be because the combination specifies the hyphen, not the minus key. This was a problem for me at first.
If you type Ctrl-Alt-Minus (from the NKP) it enters a hyphen in your document. If you type Ctrl-Alt-Hyphen from the main keyboard, the mouse cursor turns into a heavy horizontal bar. You then click on Work and select the option you want to delete.
Posted by: Kevin Cole | April 17, 2006 01:16 PM
I never heard of the Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen action before. I accidentally did this and removed the option to Insert Symbols into a document. How can I bring back the Symbol option from the Insert tab? Please help.
Posted by: Michael M | May 15, 2006 11:09 AM
Michael, I did the same thing, except to Tools-->Customize! I freaked out because if you accidentally delete menu items you can put them back with the Customize option. But I deleted it! Luckily, I found another way to access the Customize menu to re-add the Customize menu shortcut (sounds weird, but yeah).
Anyway, You can fix your problem, if you haven't already, by going to Tools-->Customize and under Commands, clicking Insert, then drag the Symbol... button back to your Insert menu.
Posted by: Sam | August 23, 2006 12:45 AM
a good microsoft word tool for you!
Posted by: microsoft word tool | August 23, 2006 01:17 AM
I love the Work Menu and use it all the time (including the Ctrl Alt Hyphen for deletions) but would love to assign it a keystroke, like Alt K.
I can't find it in the list of commands on the customize, keyboard screen where you can add a command as a keystroke.
Anyone succeed or am I the only keyboard person out here?
Posted by: Donna | October 4, 2007 02:31 PM