Suzanne S. Barnhill said:What you see in the Open and Save dialog boxes depends on whether you are
running Windows XP or Vista. Under XP, you should see pretty much the same
Places Bar as in previous versions. The difference is that, instead of
selecting a folder and then clicking on Tools | Add to My Places, you select
a folder, right-click in the Places Bar and choose "Add '[name of folder]'."
Under Vista, the arrangement is very different and (to me) confusing. I
don't have a Vista system handy to describe, but when I was trying to do
this on someone else's I never did figure out how to add a folder except by
chance.
Recent versions of Word have abandoned the "Add to Favorites" button, and,
while you can add the Favorites folder to the Places Bar, there is no easy
way to add anything to the Favorites folder. It is usually easier just to
add a folder to the Places Bar or, in the case of a document, add it to the
Work menu is earlier versions or pin it to the MRU list on the Office Button
menu in Word 2007.
Again, if you're running under Vista, there is some newfangled version of
Favorites, I think.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Bny said:All I can see is Trusted Templates, Recent, Desktop, My Documents, My
Computer and My Network. We have only just switched over to 2007 so we
are
still in compatibility mode - would that make a difference? Is there any
other way?
Bny said:This is going to make me sound incredibly stupid - but when you say the
'Places Bar' do you mean the bar that tells you which folder that you are
currently in.
I believe we are running on XP but I can't seem do what you advise. I
can't
right click and choose Add, (that's if I'm in the right place to start
with).
Is it possible that this is a admin rights thing - if so - then that could
be the problem - as I don't have admin rights - reserved only for those
who
work in the IT department.
I guess I'll just have to do things the long way. Thanks for your help
anyway.
Suzanne S. Barnhill said:What you see in the Open and Save dialog boxes depends on whether you are
running Windows XP or Vista. Under XP, you should see pretty much the
same
Places Bar as in previous versions. The difference is that, instead of
selecting a folder and then clicking on Tools | Add to My Places, you
select
a folder, right-click in the Places Bar and choose "Add '[name of
folder]'."
Under Vista, the arrangement is very different and (to me) confusing. I
don't have a Vista system handy to describe, but when I was trying to do
this on someone else's I never did figure out how to add a folder except
by
chance.
Recent versions of Word have abandoned the "Add to Favorites" button,
and,
while you can add the Favorites folder to the Places Bar, there is no
easy
way to add anything to the Favorites folder. It is usually easier just to
add a folder to the Places Bar or, in the case of a document, add it to
the
Work menu is earlier versions or pin it to the MRU list on the Office
Button
menu in Word 2007.
Again, if you're running under Vista, there is some newfangled version of
Favorites, I think.
--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
Bny said:All I can see is Trusted Templates, Recent, Desktop, My Documents, My
Computer and My Network. We have only just switched over to 2007 so
we
are
still in compatibility mode - would that make a difference? Is there
any
other way?
:
Word 2007 has the 'Places' bar to the left of the file operations
dialogs.
You can add the current folder (including Favourites) to the places
bar
by
right clicking the bar and selecting the option to add.
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Bny wrote:
We have just been updated to Word 2007 from 1997. Previously you
could go to shortcuts to folders you used the most in the favourites
icon at the top of the save screen. When I am in the 'Save as'
screen there is no tab for favourites at all. Any suggestions
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