Add the Office shorcut bar back into to Windows XP.

[NCFM91]

The Office shortcut bar was a real plus in previous versions. The XP start
meunu is ok, but having that little shortcut bar in the upper right corner of
the screen was very convenient.

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[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

The shortcut bar was a part of Office, not Windows. Windows already
provides means to list shortcuts via a toolbar, plus there are many third
party programs that replace the OSB.

The next version of Office will not have one either.

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After furious head scratching, NCFM91 asked:

| The Office shortcut bar was a real plus in previous versions. The XP
| start meunu is ok, but having that little shortcut bar in the upper
| right corner of the screen was very convenient.
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[NCFM91]

Milly, thanks for the reply. You're right, I should have worded that
differently. The OSB stopped after Office 2000. By any chance, can you
point me in the right direction for some of those 3rd party replacements for
the OSB?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Actually, the OSB was included in Office XP as an optional installation.

Try here for some suggestions:
http://www.google.com/search?source...-15,GGLG:en&q=office+shortcut+bar+replacement
There are several listed that may suit your needs.


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After furious head scratching, NCFM91 asked:

| Milly, thanks for the reply. You're right, I should have worded that
| differently. The OSB stopped after Office 2000. By any chance, can
| you point me in the right direction for some of those 3rd party
| replacements for the OSB?
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| The shortcut bar was a part of Office, not Windows. Windows already
|| provides means to list shortcuts via a toolbar, plus there are many
|| third party programs that replace the OSB.
||
|| The next version of Office will not have one either.
||
|| --Â
|| 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, NCFM91 asked:
||
||| The Office shortcut bar was a real plus in previous versions. The
||| XP start meunu is ok, but having that little shortcut bar in the
||| upper right corner of the screen was very convenient.
|||
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||| This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to
||| the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion,
||| click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see
||| the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft
||| Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane.
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