How do you remove document links from the work menu?

[Steve B]

I've added a document to the Work menu. I can't figure out how to
remove it when I'm done. The "z-opt-minus" shown in the help
documentation doesn't seem to work.

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

It's actually command-opt-minus, and you have to use the minus off the
keyboard, not the number pad. Hit Escape to cancel it, and keep it mind it
will delete anything, not just off the work menu.

Where are you finding the help documentation that says "z"?

DM

 

[Jim Gordon MVP]

Hi Dayo,

Steve probably doesn't have the Wingdings font installed so that his
computer will not display z+OPTION+MINUS. He would see a letter z instead of
z. It looks to me that Wingdings is the font being used (or a font that
displays that same character) in Office Help.

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[Dayo Mitchell]

Well, there was a previous poster who sounded as though she had found some
online Help that actually said Z (which she specifically confirmed), but
never posted back with details of where that help was. So I wanted to
check. Are you saying that without Wingdings installed, all keyboard
shortcuts in offline Help are incorrect? That seems like a *huge* bug that
maybe MS should fix, or at least alert people to.

Dayo

 

[Elliott Roper]

Well, there was a previous poster who sounded as though she had found some
online Help that actually said Z (which she specifically confirmed), but
never posted back with details of where that help was. So I wanted to
check. Are you saying that without Wingdings installed, all keyboard
shortcuts in offline Help are incorrect? That seems like a *huge* bug that
maybe MS should fix, or at least alert people to.

Dayo

I can confirm the diagnosis. With Wingdings disabled via fontbook, the
help shows pretzels as z's. Ok when Wingdings is enabled.

Funny that. I always thought they were cheapskating on the doco and
that z was a proxy for ctrl or cmd depending on whether it was Windows
or Mac. ;-)

 

[Dayo Mitchell]

I can confirm the diagnosis. With Wingdings disabled via fontbook, the
help shows pretzels as z's. Ok when Wingdings is enabled.

Funny that. I always thought they were cheapskating on the doco and
that z was a proxy for ctrl or cmd depending on whether it was Windows
or Mac. ;-)

Thanks Elliot. And you've been assuming that for how long? So, yes,
shouldn't Help add a note about that somewhere? Under Getting and Using
Help? I mean, that's utterly ridiculous, right?

DM

 

[Elliott Roper]

Thanks Elliot. And you've been assuming that for how long? So, yes,
shouldn't Help add a note about that somewhere? Under Getting and Using
Help? I mean, that's utterly ridiculous, right?

Utterly. But then the help is so rubbish anyway, it seemed churlish to
complain. One of the charming things about Office is the "Dungeon"
computer game aspect to it all. If you typed help and it said "You are
in a maze of twisty passages all alike" would you be surprised?

How long? Like forever. I haven't a clue where wingdings came from. I
was amazed to see pretzels adorning help after all these years when I
went to check just now.

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Actually, I disagree that it is churlish to complain. Microsoft is
currently putting a big effort into the Help. The next version will be very
substantially improved. And they seriously want to hear how to make it
better.

The problem we had with Office 2001/X is that they didn't have the funds to
create a complete help system for the Mac, and there was no quick and easy
way to port the Help from the PC.

Now there is From the look of it, just about the entire PC Office Help
has made it across into the next version, and this time, it's fast and the
Search works And yes, it is correctly localised for the Mac ...

I think you will find it is a big improvement, but it's by no means perfect
yet, so keep those suggestions firing in. In the next version, sending a
complaint about the help directly to the help authors will be a single
click, so click it lots

Cheers

Utterly. But then the help is so rubbish anyway, it seemed churlish to
complain. One of the charming things about Office is the "Dungeon"
computer game aspect to it all. If you typed help and it said "You are
in a maze of twisty passages all alike" would you be surprised?

How long? Like forever. I haven't a clue where wingdings came from. I
was amazed to see pretzels adorning help after all these years when I
went to check just now.

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[Elliott Roper]

Actually, I disagree that it is churlish to complain. Microsoft is
currently putting a big effort into the Help. The next version will be very
substantially improved. And they seriously want to hear how to make it
better.

The problem we had with Office 2001/X is that they didn't have the funds to
create a complete help system for the Mac, and there was no quick and easy
way to port the Help from the PC.

Now there is From the look of it, just about the entire PC Office Help
has made it across into the next version, and this time, it's fast and the
Search works And yes, it is correctly localised for the Mac ...

I think you will find it is a big improvement, but it's by no means perfect
yet, so keep those suggestions firing in. In the next version, sending a
complaint about the help directly to the help authors will be a single
click, so click it lots

Cheers

That is very welcome news. The bloat police are reported to be pleased.
;-)

 

[John McGhie [MVP - Word]]

Hi Elliott:

Yeah, it is. PC Office Help is published from an SGML database. They
finally got that working on the Mac.

I suspect the next culture shock we get will be people complaining that
there is now "too much" help, because Mac users are not used to 35,000-page
help files

Cheers

That is very welcome news. The bloat police are reported to be pleased.
;-)

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