2003 VS XP Shortcut Bar

[John O'Boyle]

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

 

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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

 

[Tim Feld]

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

 

[Steve]

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]

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