Hi Ray. I've never ever used the Office toolbar. Before Windows XP, I used the Start Menu and before that, I made a folder on my desktop containing my most used links. With Windows XP, I created a custom toolbar. I made a folder containing my most used office links. Named the folder Office. Applied a jazzy icon. My XP toolbar is at the bottom of my screen on auto hide. For me, it's kinda like one stop shopping. I have what I want, where I want it, when I want it. right click your existing start menu toolbar. click toolbars. choose new toolbar. click make new folder. find the objects you want on your new toolbar and drag them to it. once it's available, you can rename it and change the icon. hope this helps. /g -----Original Message----- From: R Shapp [mailto:ras45@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 12:26 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Shortcut Bar Replacement Hi Group, I just got a new PC with the latest OfficeXP Pro, and I discovered that the shortcut bar is no longer a part of the new version of Office. This is a major disappointment because I use it all the time. The Help file shows how to add shortcuts to the Start menu and to customized tool bars, but I'm looking for a way to regain the power and flexibility that was built into the old shortcut bar including the auto-hide feature. Any suggestions for an alternate shortcut bar? ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************