Work menu curiosity

[Carl L Cooper]

On the Work menu, why do some files show their path while others do not? And
why does a particular file sometimes show its path and at other times not
show it?

I would prefer for the path never to show.

Thanks,

Carl

Using Word 2008 (12.2.1), Mac OS 10.5.8.

 

[John McGhie]

The path is always shown unless the document is in the same folder that is
set as the "Current" folder in Word (i.e. The folder from which you most
recently opened a document).

On the Work menu, why do some files show their path while others do not? And
why does a particular file sometimes show its path and at other times not
show it?

I would prefer for the path never to show.

Thanks,

Carl

Using Word 2008 (12.2.1), Mac OS 10.5.8.

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[Carl L Cooper]

This doesn't completely explain things.

I have 20 documents on my Work menu, 13 of which reside on the Desktop. (I
realize that the Desktop is a folder.)

If I launch Word 2008 by double clicking a document on the Desktop, thus
making the Desktop the Current folder in Word, the Work menu will show all
13 of Desktop residents without a path but 6 of the non-Desktop documents
will also show without a path! This is good actually, but I'm just trying to
understand what is going on.

If, on the other hand, I launch Word by double clicking a document that is
not on the Desktop, the Work menu now shows all 13 Desktop items with a
path, as you would expect, but 6 of the other 7 items have no path, which is
not what you would expect. Why don't these 6 documents show a path? They are
not in the Current folder. They are located in various folders within the
Documents folder.

Thanks,

Carl

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Carl:

I have no idea. The Word Menu is an ancient artefact from the Jurassic
Period of Word, and I doubt if it has been maintained for the past four
versions of Word. It's probably as buggy as hell

I am slowly swinging over to using Stacks and Spotlight instead of explicit
paths to favourites.

Cheers

This doesn't completely explain things.

I have 20 documents on my Work menu, 13 of which reside on the Desktop. (I
realize that the Desktop is a folder.)

If I launch Word 2008 by double clicking a document on the Desktop, thus
making the Desktop the Current folder in Word, the Work menu will show all
13 of Desktop residents without a path but 6 of the non-Desktop documents
will also show without a path! This is good actually, but I'm just trying to
understand what is going on.

If, on the other hand, I launch Word by double clicking a document that is
not on the Desktop, the Work menu now shows all 13 Desktop items with a
path, as you would expect, but 6 of the other 7 items have no path, which is
not what you would expect. Why don't these 6 documents show a path? They are
not in the Current folder. They are located in various folders within the
Documents folder.

Thanks,

Carl

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Carl L Cooper]

Thanks, John. I appreciate your charting the territory for me.

Carl

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Carl;

I'm afraid I can't explain the Work menu behavior either & this isn't an
exact substitute for its convenience, but it may be helpful.

Just in case you didn't realize it the File> Open Recent list can be set via
Word> Preferences> General to retain up to 99 most recently used
documents... Granted, you can't pick & choose, neither can you arbitrarily
add items [other than by opening the files] nor mark files to be perpetually
retained, but if you do in fact use the files routinely they'll hang around
until you stop using them.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Carl L Cooper]

Thanks, Bob. I was aware of Open Recent, but I hadn't thought of it as a
substitute/supplement for the Work menu. I'll experiment with it.

And I'm experimenting with John's suggestion of using Stacks, which I had
never used before, as a possible replacement of the ancient Work menu. My
dock now has a stack containing aliases of the 20 files that are on my Work
menu.

Carl

Hi Carl;

I'm afraid I can't explain the Work menu behavior either & this isn't an
exact substitute for its convenience, but it may be helpful.

Just in case you didn't realize it the File> Open Recent list can be set via
Word> Preferences> General to retain up to 99 most recently used
documents... Granted, you can't pick & choose, neither can you arbitrarily
add items [other than by opening the files] nor mark files to be perpetually
retained, but if you do in fact use the files routinely they'll hang around
until you stop using them.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks, John. I appreciate your charting the territory for me.

Carl

 

[CyberTaz]

Yeah, Stacks is a goody, too. I have my Dock set to Hide/Show automatically
so it doesn't get in the way but it's readily available when needed. I'm
still running Tiger on my G5, though, so I've continued to resort to other
contrivances there.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks, Bob. I was aware of Open Recent, but I hadn't thought of it as a
substitute/supplement for the Work menu. I'll experiment with it.

And I'm experimenting with John's suggestion of using Stacks, which I had
never used before, as a possible replacement of the ancient Work menu. My
dock now has a stack containing aliases of the 20 files that are on my Work
menu.

Carl

Hi Carl;

I'm afraid I can't explain the Work menu behavior either & this isn't an
exact substitute for its convenience, but it may be helpful.

Just in case you didn't realize it the File> Open Recent list can be set via
Word> Preferences> General to retain up to 99 most recently used
documents... Granted, you can't pick & choose, neither can you arbitrarily
add items [other than by opening the files] nor mark files to be perpetually
retained, but if you do in fact use the files routinely they'll hang around
until you stop using them.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks, John. I appreciate your charting the territory for me.

Carl


Hi Carl:

I have no idea. The Word Menu is an ancient artefact from the Jurassic
Period of Word, and I doubt if it has been maintained for the past four
versions of Word. It's probably as buggy as hell

I am slowly swinging over to using Stacks and Spotlight instead of explicit
paths to favourites.

Cheers


On 15/08/09 12:17 AM, in article C6AB307D.14C66%[email protected],

This doesn't completely explain things.

I have 20 documents on my Work menu, 13 of which reside on the Desktop. (I
realize that the Desktop is a folder.)

If I launch Word 2008 by double clicking a document on the Desktop, thus
making the Desktop the Current folder in Word, the Work menu will show all
13 of Desktop residents without a path but 6 of the non-Desktop documents
will also show without a path! This is good actually, but I'm just trying
to
understand what is going on.

If, on the other hand, I launch Word by double clicking a document that is
not on the Desktop, the Work menu now shows all 13 Desktop items with a
path, as you would expect, but 6 of the other 7 items have no path, which
is
not what you would expect. Why don't these 6 documents show a path? They
are
not in the Current folder. They are located in various folders within the
Documents folder.

Thanks,

Carl


The path is always shown unless the document is in the same folder that
is
set as the "Current" folder in Word (i.e. The folder from which you most
recently opened a document).


On 14/08/09 6:45 AM, in article C6AA39F4.14C2D%[email protected],

On the Work menu, why do some files show their path while others do not?
And
why does a particular file sometimes show its path and at other times
not
show it?

I would prefer for the path never to show.

Thanks,

Carl

Using Word 2008 (12.2.1), Mac OS 10.5.8.


This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

--

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McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]




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matters unless you intend to pay!

--

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Clive Huggan]

In fact, Stacks only started to work properly with Word as from OS 10.5____
<= Can anyone remind me which one, please?

Clive
======

Yeah, Stacks is a goody, too. I have my Dock set to Hide/Show automatically
so it doesn't get in the way but it's readily available when needed. I'm
still running Tiger on my G5, though, so I've continued to resort to other
contrivances there.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks, Bob. I was aware of Open Recent, but I hadn't thought of it as a
substitute/supplement for the Work menu. I'll experiment with it.

And I'm experimenting with John's suggestion of using Stacks, which I had
never used before, as a possible replacement of the ancient Work menu. My
dock now has a stack containing aliases of the 20 files that are on my Work
menu.

Carl

Hi Carl;

I'm afraid I can't explain the Work menu behavior either & this isn't an
exact substitute for its convenience, but it may be helpful.

Just in case you didn't realize it the File> Open Recent list can be set via
Word> Preferences> General to retain up to 99 most recently used
documents... Granted, you can't pick & choose, neither can you arbitrarily
add items [other than by opening the files] nor mark files to be perpetually
retained, but if you do in fact use the files routinely they'll hang around
until you stop using them.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/15/09 11:24 AM, in article C6AC91B0.14C80%[email protected],

Thanks, John. I appreciate your charting the territory for me.

Carl


Hi Carl:

I have no idea. The Word Menu is an ancient artefact from the Jurassic
Period of Word, and I doubt if it has been maintained for the past four
versions of Word. It's probably as buggy as hell

I am slowly swinging over to using Stacks and Spotlight instead of
explicit
paths to favourites.

Cheers


On 15/08/09 12:17 AM, in article C6AB307D.14C66%[email protected],

This doesn't completely explain things.

I have 20 documents on my Work menu, 13 of which reside on the Desktop.
(I
realize that the Desktop is a folder.)

If I launch Word 2008 by double clicking a document on the Desktop, thus
making the Desktop the Current folder in Word, the Work menu will show
all
13 of Desktop residents without a path but 6 of the non-Desktop documents
will also show without a path! This is good actually, but I'm just trying
to
understand what is going on.

If, on the other hand, I launch Word by double clicking a document that
is
not on the Desktop, the Work menu now shows all 13 Desktop items with a
path, as you would expect, but 6 of the other 7 items have no path, which
is
not what you would expect. Why don't these 6 documents show a path? They
are
not in the Current folder. They are located in various folders within the
Documents folder.

Thanks,

Carl


The path is always shown unless the document is in the same folder that
is
set as the "Current" folder in Word (i.e. The folder from which you most
recently opened a document).


On 14/08/09 6:45 AM, in article C6AA39F4.14C2D%[email protected],

On the Work menu, why do some files show their path while others do
not?
And
why does a particular file sometimes show its path and at other times
not
show it?

I would prefer for the path never to show.

Thanks,

Carl

Using Word 2008 (12.2.1), Mac OS 10.5.8.


This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

--

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical
Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]




This email is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless you intend to pay!

--

John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410
+61 4 1209 1410, mailto:[email protected]

 

[Michel Bintener]

Hi Clive,

you mean Spaces, which is different from Stacks. Spaces started working as
of Mac OS X 10.5.7, if I remember correctly, though recent updates seem to
have broken it again.

 

[Clive Huggan]

Of course! I don't use either and despite my subconscious nagging me when I
mad my quick response I did not ponder further. Thank you, Michel!

Festina lente...

Clive
======