[mso] Re: Short cuts

This is mostly true, however, office products often have a special sort of 
shortcut - not a normal Windows one.  IIRC you can't simply drag these to 
the desktop, as they are not real shortcuts.

But, give it a try.  If it works, great.

Regards, Dave S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Drawer" <jdrawer07@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 12:10 PM
Subject: [mso] Re: Short cuts


> Items listed in folders under START are usually already shortcuts since 
> programs are not installed directly in the START folder.  So if dragging a 
> shortcut by Right Clicking the options in XP are most likely to be Copy 
> Here, Move Here, or Cancel.
> Jonathan
>
> Genevieve <gene182000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: You can definitely have shortcuts 
> for any program installed on your computer. There are various ways to do 
> that. one of the simplest might be to click Start then Programs find the 
> program you want to create a shortcut to and then right click on it and 
> drag it to a place on your desktok. this should open a menu with 2 or 3 
> options "Copy, Move, and maybe Create Shortcut". If "create shortcut" 
> exists choose this if not choose copy.
> good luck
> Genevieve
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: David Smart
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:23:32 PM
> Subject: [mso] Re: Short cuts
>
>
> Have you tried just ctrl-dragging the icons out of the start menu onto the
> desktop?  (Or right-button dragging and select copy.) Might not work 
> (Office
> does use some "special" shortcuts), but there's a fair chance that it will
> work OK.
>
> Regards, Dave S
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "beaton5284"
> To: "mso"
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2007 1:08 PM
> Subject: [mso] Short cuts
>
>
>> Is it possible to have two short cuts, one for each of two versions of
>> Excel and Word.  The versions are 2002 and 2003.
>> They are installed and working OK.  I have shortcuts for the 2003 version
>> but I have go through the Start and Program menus for the 2002 version.
>>
>> Thanks, Bill
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