Office 2003 shortcut bar

[jk]

I can't believe there is no shortcut bar in 2003. It is my understanding that there are alot of brilliant people working for Microsoft, how is it that they decided not to include the shortcut bar? Are they totally out of touch with their customers, or do they just not care? I have checked into the other suggestions posted for alternatives, but none of them is as handy as the shortcut bar. Is there anyone at Microsoft who could take a few minutes and offer the original office shortcut bar as a download on the MS Office download page?

 

[Paul Ballou]

You can install the OSB from a older version of Office or to create a
Shortcut Tool Bar for Office 2003 using the Windows task Bar. Create a
folder with shortcuts for all office programs. Right Click On the Task Bar
select Toolbars > New Toolbar and Navigate to the folder containing your
Office shortcuts and select it, click OK. However if you drag the toolbar
off the Task Bar and then later close after using the toolbar you will need
to recreate it to use again.

There are some other alternatives as well if you search the news group you
will find some of the other alternatives that are offered. I personally like
perfect menu for it's functionality
http://www.pitrinec.com/pmeindex.htm

http://www.aladdinsys.com/win/dragstrip/index.html
The dragstrip will perform the same functions as the OSB
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I can't believe there is no shortcut bar in 2003. It is my understanding

that there are alot of brilliant people working for Microsoft, how is it
that they decided not to include the shortcut bar? Are they totally out of
touch with their customers, or do they just not care? I have checked into
the other suggestions posted for alternatives, but none of them is as handy
as the shortcut bar. Is there anyone at Microsoft who could take a few
minutes and offer the original office shortcut bar as a download on the MS
Office download page?

 

[niknik1971]

I can not see why it is so hard to create a new tool bar and put the office
shortcuts in it. This way you will have something just as good as the office
shortcut bar.

NIK

 

[Alias]

I can not see why it is so hard to create a new tool bar and put the office
shortcuts in it. This way you will have something just as good as the office
shortcut bar.

NIK

Or just create quick launches in the Quick Launch bar. That's what I do.

Alias

 

[Howard Kaikow]

At first, I too was upset that there is no shortcut bar in Office 2003.
Now, I am glad that there isn't an OSB.

I was forced to reconsider which buttons I really needed on the OSB, not to
mention having alternative toolbars on the OSB.
I now have the needful stuff on the Quick Launch bar
When that starts to get cluttered, I'll move the less active shortcuts to a
directory and include a shortcut to that directory, in effect, making a
submenu/subtoolbar.

--
http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.

I can't believe there is no shortcut bar in 2003. It is my understanding

that there are alot of brilliant people working for Microsoft, how is it
that they decided not to include the shortcut bar? Are they totally out of
touch with their customers, or do they just not care? I have checked into
the other suggestions posted for alternatives, but none of them is as handy
as the shortcut bar. Is there anyone at Microsoft who could take a few
minutes and offer the original office shortcut bar as a download on the MS
Office download page?

 

[Guest]

Well, I completely agree with the guy complaining. I've
created new toolbars in the task bar, but it's just not as
efficient as having a line of icons before to choose from.
I think it was a dark day when MS did away with it. If I
knew where all the parts are in Win 98, I'd copy them over.

-----Original Message-----
I can't believe there is no shortcut bar in 2003. It is

my understanding that there are alot of brilliant people
working for Microsoft, how is it that they decided not to
include the shortcut bar? Are they totally out of touch
with their customers, or do they just not care? I have
checked into the other suggestions posted for alternatives,
but none of them is as handy as the shortcut bar. Is there
anyone at Microsoft who could take a few minutes and offer
the original office shortcut bar as a download on the MS
Office download page?

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Just use the toolbar from a prior version, XP seems to behave the best. Use
a custom installation, select only the Office toolbar and install away.

Really, all this bleating about a stupid toolbar that is easily reproduced
makes me wonder about what folks find important... say like stability,
scalability, collaboration that works ALL of the time, etc. rather than a
silly toolbar.


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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
(e-mail address removed) asked:

| Well, I completely agree with the guy complaining. I've
| created new toolbars in the task bar, but it's just not as
| efficient as having a line of icons before to choose from.
| I think it was a dark day when MS did away with it. If I
| knew where all the parts are in Win 98, I'd copy them over.
|| -----Original Message-----
|| I can't believe there is no shortcut bar in 2003. It is
| my understanding that there are alot of brilliant people
| working for Microsoft, how is it that they decided not to
| include the shortcut bar? Are they totally out of touch
| with their customers, or do they just not care? I have
| checked into the other suggestions posted for alternatives,
| but none of them is as handy as the shortcut bar. Is there
| anyone at Microsoft who could take a few minutes and offer
| the original office shortcut bar as a download on the MS
| Office download page?
|| .

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Re: Office 2003 shortcut bar

From: "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
(e-mail address removed)
Date: 4/18/2004 11:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

Just use the toolbar from a prior version, XP seems to behave the best. Use
a custom installation, select only the Office toolbar and install away.

Really, all this bleating about a stupid toolbar that is easily reproduced
makes me wonder about what folks find important... say like stability,
scalability, collaboration that works ALL of the time, etc. rather than a
silly toolbar.


--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer,
(e-mail address removed) asked:

| Well, I completely agree with the guy complaining. I've
| created new toolbars in the task bar, but it's just not as
| efficient as having a line of icons before to choose from.
| I think it was a dark day when MS did away with it. If I
| knew where all the parts are in Win 98, I'd copy them over.
|| -----Original Message-----
|| I can't believe there is no shortcut bar in 2003. It is
| my understanding that there are alot of brilliant people
| working for Microsoft, how is it that they decided not to
| include the shortcut bar? Are they totally out of touch
| with their customers, or do they just not care? I have
| checked into the other suggestions posted for alternatives,
| but none of them is as handy as the shortcut bar. Is there
| anyone at Microsoft who could take a few minutes and offer
| the original office shortcut bar as a download on the MS
| Office download page?
|| .

C'mon Millie, lighten up a little. Most Office users aren't "Power Users" and
don't even know what collabration and scalability mean. They just know that
they have to go thru extra steps to get Word and Excel up so they can get their
work done(or update their resume). It's OK for them to miss their "silly
toolbar" if they want to...and it's OK for them to ask for it back.
Just think for a moment how mad you get when someone takes the last cup of
coffee and doesn't make more so you have to put it on, walk back to your desk
and then come back 10 minutes later and hope it's done, but it isn't so you do
the pot>cup shuffle and spill it all over the brand new autographed Phish
T-shirt you got at the concert in Vegas last weekend!

Cheers,
John
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[Beth Melton]

You're pretty close to what you want to accomplish.

Here's an article which contains additional details on using a Windows
toolbar:
"What?? No Office Shortcut Bar for Office 2003??"
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=327

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[jk]

I appreciate all the feedback on the shortcut bar. What I would still like to know, especially if it is so easy to create these types of toolbars, or get free ones from other websites, is why Microsoft just didn't leave it in, or at least make it available as a download? All one has to do is browse the message board for a few minutes to see alot of people used it. Why would it be such a big deal to have it available as a download? There sure is enough other stuff available on the website. As a business owner myself, I just cannot believe that a company would refuse to do such a minor thing as this to keep their customers happy.

 

[Paul Ballou]

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp
You can provide product feedback here.
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Paul Ballou
MVP Office
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Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

I appreciate all the feedback on the shortcut bar. What I would still

like to know, especially if it is so easy to create these types of toolbars,
or get free ones from other websites, is why Microsoft just didn't leave it
in, or at least make it available as a download? All one has to do is
browse the message board for a few minutes to see alot of people used it.
Why would it be such a big deal to have it available as a download? There
sure is enough other stuff available on the website. As a business owner
myself, I just cannot believe that a company would refuse to do such a minor
thing as this to keep their customers happy.

 

[Bob I]

Given that it can only be installed on Operating systems that provide
exactly the same functions from the Taskbar it's an obvious waste of
disk space and development effort.

 

[John Ski]

Subject: Re: Office 2003 shortcut bar

From: Bob I (e-mail address removed)
Date: 4/21/2004 10:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

Given that it can only be installed on Operating systems that provide
exactly the same functions from the Taskbar it's an obvious waste of
disk space and development effort.

to know, especially if it is so easy to create these types of toolbars, or
get free ones from other websites, is why Microsoft just didn't leave it in,
or at least make it available as a download? All one has to do is browse the
message board for a few minutes to see alot of people used it. Why would it
be such a big deal to have it available as a download? There sure is enough
other stuff available on the website. As a business owner myself, I just
cannot believe that a company would refuse to do such a minor thing as this
to keep their customers happy.

When you figure out how to auto-shrink an XP taskbar so that it fits nicely
into the Active Title Bar and stays always on top, please post the procedure
to this NG. That's just one example that disproves the statement:
"that provide exactly the same functions from the Taskbar"
I'm sure there are others.


Cheers,
John

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"
***Arthur C. Clarke***

 

[Bob I]

I stand corrected. The QL doesn't go as small as the OSA, and pushes the
title bar aside instead of covering it in full screen window. On the
other hand I place the whole taskbar to the Desktop's right side and all
the application toolbars to the left side to get as much vertical real
estate as I can.

 

[fjrohlf]

What mainly bothered me was being surprised after the installation tha
the shortcut bar and all my careful configuration of was gone (rathe
rude!). If I had known I could have at least made a list of all th
shortcuts I put on it.

Ji


-
fjrohl

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

People who used it apparently liked it - I prefer true launch bar over
quick launch myself... but anyone who owns an older version of office can
easily install the toolbar - run custom setup and only install the bar.

Given that it can only be installed on Operating systems that provide
exactly the same functions from the Taskbar it's an obvious waste of
disk space and development effort.

jk wrote:

I appreciate all the feedback on the shortcut bar. What I would still
like to know, especially if it is so easy to create these types of
toolbars, or get free ones from other websites, is why Microsoft just
didn't leave it in, or at least make it available as a download?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Author, Google and Other Search Engines (Visual QuickStart Guide)




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