Hi Jerome,
The Office Shortcut Bar (OSB)was discontinued after
Office XP/2002 and had been 'fighting' a bit with
3rd party apps that wanted to be the 'always on top'
application. You have a number of options:
1. 3rd party products.
There are what appear to be free 3rd party toolbars
that some folks say they like using.\
This one is is similar to use to the OSB
http://jetaudio.com/products/jettoolbar
and one that is a bit more techie oriented but with
added features would be this one.
http://windowspowerpro.com/xsamplebar.htm
2. Using Windows Toolbar Customization Features
You can use the Quicklaunch toolbar in
Windows or create a new Toolbar by right clicking
on a blank spot on the Windows Taskbar, unlocking it
and creating a new toolbar(folder) and drag the Office
or other shortcut icons to it. You can tear off that
toolbar and place it and size it as needed anywhere on
your desktop as well.
3. Use an Older version of the Office Shortcut Bar
If you have an older version of Office with the shortcut
bar and running MSOffice.exe from Start=>Run doesn't
start it, you can do a custom install of the old version
of Office and choose just the Shortcut bar. (Note that this
may put a great deal of the core old Office files back on
the PC if you've removed the older version). The OSB
should work, but will be 'as is' and doesn't support
things like high resolution icons.
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Hello,
Why isn't there a shortcut bar in Office 2003 anymore??
And does anybody know an equivalent free program. It was way useful!!
Thanks >>
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I hope this helps you,
Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*
The Office 2003 System parts explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/preview/system.asp
MS on 'Why Office System 2003'
http://microsoft.com/mscorp/execmail/2003/10-13productivity.asp