[Word] OT: Windows Shortcut Question

[Liz]

Hi Phil...not Ron, but here's my take.

I love mapping. It assigns a letter drive to whatever share you point to. 
The mapped drive stays there until you remove it or the share is no longer 
viable (deleted, etc.). Each time you boot, Windows checks all mappings.

It would be very similar to having several USB flash drives plugged in, they 
are listed there in the My Computer, mapped drives are under Network Drives.

Removing mapping is as simple as setting it up...Tools > Map Network Drive 
(in WinXP), right mouse click and choose Disconnect to remove. I have a 
folder called Projects, its where the bulk of what I do is stored...with of 
course multiple folders in it. I have it mapped to p:\...for Projects :)

And do elaborate on the 10 folders list!

Liz




> Hi Ron:
> I've never tried mapping before.  Is it something like putting your
> favorite shortcuts into a single folder?  i.e. I don't know what the
> advantages are (but JoJo sounds excited).  If I try it & don't like it,
> is it easy to reverse?
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
>
> P.S. By the way, you can also use up to 10 folders on the left side of
> the File/Open box by editing the registry.  If anyone want to know how,
> I can elaborate.
>
> Ron Solecki wrote:
>> Couple of options.
>>
>> Create a shortcut pointing to Word, right click on it, select
>> properties, shortcut tab, put the path you want to start in inthe
>> "Start In" input field.  Put double quotes around the whole thing if
>> there are any spaces in the name (which there are in the example you
>> provided).  I like this best because you can have several shortcuts
>> defaulting to different locations.  Following tips are a little more
>> permanent.
>>
>> Word 2003.
>>
>> Tools / Options / File Locations tab / put your path in "Documents".
>> File / Open and File/ save will default to this location
>>
>> File / Open / in the left most column click on "My Recent documents".
>> This will display shortcuts to recent files and folders you have
>> navigated to.
>>
>> File / Open / Tools ddl / Map Network Drive / pick a drive letter to
>> assign (defaults to Z, as good as any), then paste path to your
>> templates folder in the "Folder" input dialog.  You only have to do
>> this once, after that you can simply navigate directly to the "Z:"
>> drive.  Can combine with File Locations tip to make it your default.
>>
>> Are 4 choices enough?  I bet there are more that I missed.
>>
>> R.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 20:13, JoJo Zawawi <kuchekesha at earthlink.net
>> <mailto:kuchekesha at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Geez !  Thanks.  :D
>>
>>     Here's a harder question:  Is there any way to swiftly navigate to
>>     the same place when in a MS Word File Open [browse] window ?
>>
>>     I'm editing so many templates and it's a PITA to have to
>>     navigate to [My Computer] c:\Documents and
>>     Settings\HP_Administrator\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\
>>
>>     and then back to My Documents, back and forth.
>>
>>
>>     Cheers,
>>     JoJo
>>
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     *From:* word-bounces at dcomp.com <mailto:word-bounces at dcomp.com>
>>     [mailto:word-bounces at dcomp.com <mailto:word-bounces at dcomp.com>]*On
>>     Behalf Of *Ron Solecki
>>     *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:08 PM
>>     *To:* DailyWordTips
>>     *Subject:* Re: [Word] OT: Windows Shortcut Question
>>
>>     Sure that's an easy one.
>>
>>     In Windows explorer, navigate to the folder you want, right click
>>     on it and drag to desktop, release, choose "Create Shortcut".  It
>>     will have a "folder" icon and open to the desired folder.
>>
>>     On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 19:41, JoJo Zawawi
>>     <kuchekesha at earthlink.net <mailto:kuchekesha at earthlink.net>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi Folks !
>>
>>         Is there a way to create a desktop shortcut for Windows
>>         Explorer that includes a path, so that when you double-click
>>         the shortcut, it opens a Windows Explorer window and goes to
>>         that subdirectory as specified by the path ?
>>
>>         Thanks !,
>>         JoJo