the "Screen Saver" shortcut seems to be missing from Office 2003

E

Ed

There used to be a "Screen Saver" shortcut in eariler versions of Office; I
don't see this in Office 2003. It looked like a window shade that was pulled
half down.

Is it in 2003? If so, How do I load it?

Thanks,
Ed
 
B

Beth Melton

Use Windows Search and search for *.scr files. Once you find the one
you want, right-click it and select Send to/Desktop as Shortcut. Then
move the shortcut to where ever you want it located.

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assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

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Gary Smith

It's not bundled in, but you can create one. First you need to locate the
file osa.exe, which is part of Office 2003. On my system, it's in
D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11. Now create a shortcut
pointing to that file and add the -s option. The Target field of the
shortcut's properties should look something like this:

"D:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OSA.EXE" -s

You can name the shortcut anything you like and put it anywhere that's
convenient. Double-clicking on it will start the current screen saver.
 
E

Ed

Thank You!

This was so simple. I'll miss the window and it's half drawn shade, but I
have my one-click-drop into the screen saver again.

Thank You!!
Ed Lepley
Cincinnati, Ohio

Did I mention Thank You?
 
G

Gary Smith

You're quite welcome, and you can have the windows shade icon back if you
want it. Just right-click on the shortcut, click Properties, then click
the Change Icon button on the Shortcut tab. There are about a dozen
choices. Just select the one you want, then click OK until the Properties
box goes away.


Ed said:
Thank You!
Click to expand...
This was so simple. I'll miss the window and it's half drawn shade, but I
have my one-click-drop into the screen saver again.
Click to expand...
Thank You!!
Ed Lepley
Cincinnati, Ohio
Click to expand...
 

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