Office Desktop Shortcuts

[Bentley26]

I have several shortcuts on my computers desktop. For example I have a
shortcut for 'Microsoft Office Word 2003.' but on the desktop it truncates (
or shortens ) the shortcut name to ' Microsoft Ofice W....' When I click on
the icon I can view the entire shortcut name, but after a little while the
name gets shorten again. Is there a way I can make all my shortcuts display
the entire file name even if the file name is a bit lengthly??

 

[Don MI]

I have several shortcuts on my computers desktop. For example I have a
shortcut for 'Microsoft Office Word 2003.' but on the desktop it truncates
(
or shortens ) the shortcut name to ' Microsoft Ofice W....' When I click
on
the icon I can view the entire shortcut name, but after a little while the
name gets shorten again. Is there a way I can make all my shortcuts
display
the entire file name even if the file name is a bit lengthly??

What you observe is normal. What you can do is right click on the name and
select Rename. In your example, just Word 2003 should be sufficient.

Don

 

[Bentley26]

But the word was just an example. I have some shortcuts that are detailed
file names and I dont want to rename to something shorter. Is there anyway I
can keep my long file names but have them displayed fully on the desktop?

 

[Gary Smith]

This is really a Windows issue rather than an Office issue. It may be
possible to do what you want by increasing the spacing between icons, but
you'll need to post in a group devoted to your Windows version in order to
get information on how to do that.