No delete for A:/----- in 'File' MS Word.

[Polyphemus]

Cannot find how to remove the drop down list that becomes redundant in the
'File' column, particularly when floppy is no longer available. Wouldn't it
be easy if one could select, then right click, and click delete!

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's almost that easy. Press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen, then click on the file to be
deleted. Use this shortcut cautiously, as it will delete *any* menu item!

Cannot find how to remove the drop down list that becomes redundant in the
'File' column, particularly when floppy is no longer available. Wouldn't it
be easy if one could select, then right click, and click delete!

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[Charles Kenyon]

Suzanne has told you how to delete the documents from your recently used
list. However, they shouldn't be getting there in the first place!

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working within Word, act
as if your floppy drive does not exist! (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as
well.)
Don't use Word to:
Open a document on a floppy
Print a document on a floppy
Edit a document on a floppy
Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)

Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!

Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth
using Windows.

I know that for some with shared computers (libraries, schools) this is a
tough prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new
formatted disk each time you save and don't do any editing.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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