Link for screensaver while using office 2003 (used to use toolbar)

[az2sb]

Hello,

I used to use the Office Toolbar, and when doing so, you can have it create a link for the screensaver. I would then create a short-cut to this linke, to my desktop. This allowed me to simply click on this icon, to lock my workstation (with the screensaver / pasword option=on).
Now that the toolbar is gone (using office2003), does anyone know of another way to have a simple way to activate my screensaver, without having to wait for the timeout?


thanks.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

add a shortcut to quick launch or your desktop or create hyperlinks on
buttons in your most used office apps.

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Hello,

I used to use the Office Toolbar, and when doing so, you can have it

create a link for the screensaver. I would then create a short-cut to this
linke, to my desktop. This allowed me to simply click on this icon, to lock
my workstation (with the screensaver / pasword option=on).

Now that the toolbar is gone (using office2003), does anyone know of

another way to have a simple way to activate my screensaver, without having
to wait for the timeout?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

YOu can install the OSB from Office XP (works better than 2000) if you are
married to the toolbar, like I am.

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer
az2sb <[email protected]> asked:

| Hello,
|
| I used to use the Office Toolbar, and when doing so, you can have it
| create a link for the screensaver. I would then create a short-cut
| to this linke, to my desktop. This allowed me to simply click on
| this icon, to lock my workstation (with the screensaver / pasword
| option=on). Now that the toolbar is gone (using office2003), does
| anyone know of another way to have a simple way to activate my
| screensaver, without having to wait for the timeout?
|
|
| thanks.

 

[dsl340]

I was feeling the same loss, however it turns out that isn't that difficult to get the screensaver link back.
Add a shortcut to quick launch or your desktop and then point to OSA.EXE
(OSA.EXE can be found in \program files\office11\osa.exe)
Next modify the shortcut target and add a -s to the end of it. It should look something like this:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OSA.EXE" -s
(the -s needs to be outside the "")
While you're modifing the shortcut, you can also change the icon - the screensaver icon that
we're all used to is included as one of the available icon choices.
That's all. Worked for me. Enjoy

----- az2sb wrote: -----

Hello,

I used to use the Office Toolbar, and when doing so, you can have it create a link for the screensaver. I would then create a short-cut to this linke, to my desktop. This allowed me to simply click on this icon, to lock my workstation (with the screensaver / pasword option=on).
Now that the toolbar is gone (using office2003), does anyone know of another way to have a simple way to activate my screensaver, without having to wait for the timeout?


thanks.