getting rid of path in work menu

[Phil G]

Is there a way to get rid of the path for work menu items in Word 2004
so that just the item names are listed? In other words, can I make it
so that I never see the path?

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

No. Maybe next version

Is there a way to get rid of the path for work menu items in Word 2004
so that just the item names are listed? In other words, can I make it
so that I never see the path?

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[Clive Huggan]

Phil and John,

I have *very* occasionally had a filepath appear (Word 2004, OS 10.4.3), but
it doesn't often happen. I tentatively concluded it appeared when I put
something from another hard drive on the work menu.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Hi Clive:

That would seem to be correct. All my Work Menu items have paths, and
they're all on the PC. I just added one from the current Documents folder
on the Mac's local disk, and it does not display the path.

Cheers

Phil and John,

I have *very* occasionally had a filepath appear (Word 2004, OS 10.4.3), but
it doesn't often happen. I tentatively concluded it appeared when I put
something from another hard drive on the work menu.

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
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follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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[Daiya Mitchell]

I only ever have one hard drive that I use files from, and I get random
paths, so I don't think that's it. Right now, about 5 of 16 have filepaths.

Totally wild guess--perhaps it has something to do with which folder Word
considers active at the time of adding the file to the work menu?

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh]]

Yeah, Daiya I think you are right. But Word 2004 has some strange habits
related to how and when it will update what it considers to be the "Current
Folder".

I suspect that the file paths might "go away" if the 'current' current
folder is the same as the path in thee shortcut, and come back when the
current folder changes.

What I have not figured out is WHEN Word 2004 updates the 'current folder'.
It is supposed to update it whenever you open a document. It doesn't do
that, but I am not sure what it does instead...

Cheers

I only ever have one hard drive that I use files from, and I get random
paths, so I don't think that's it. Right now, about 5 of 16 have filepaths.

Totally wild guess--perhaps it has something to do with which folder Word
considers active at the time of adding the file to the work menu?

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