Hi Margy,

You should probably go with the Work menu (and I'm a bit surprised that no one
else pointed you to http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm), but for
completeness here's how to get the toolbar you first described:

- Create a macro (http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm) in the Normal.dot
template (or in a template in the Startup folder) that opens the document you
want:

Sub OpenDocumentA()
 Documents.Open FileName:="Document A.doc"
End Sub

You'll need a separate macro for each document you want to make a button for;
the word after "Sub" and the file name in quotes need to be changed for each
one. If the document is in Word's User Documents folder then you just need the
file name; if it's anywhere else you must also include the full path within the
quotes.

- In the Customize dialog, choose the Macros category and drag the
document-opening macros to the toolbar. Edit the names of the buttons as Herb
described.

These macros won't bother you with hyperlink warnings. But the macro creation
process is more difficult than using the Work menu, so I wouldn't suggest it
unless your customer is absolutely insistent on having  a toolbar.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP        FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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may benefit.

Use the 'destructive cursor' - CTRL+ALT+Hyphen - to delete unwanted entries
(carefully as this tool will delete any menu item without warning). ESC (or
applying it) cancels the cursor.

I cannot recall the number of items the menu holds, but more than its
capacity suggests the use of the favourites folder.

In Office 2007, the Office menu in gives you an option to pin documents to
the menu that you would like to stay there. This could be why the Work Menu
does not feature in Word 2007 - I might be totally wrong. Go to the Office
button and click Word Options and in the Advanced section under Display, one
can increase the number of recent documents to as deep as your monitor is (or
to a maximum of 50 documents) - then click the "pin" on the right side of the
document listed in Recent Documents, to keep them permanently in the Recent
Doucment list. To take them off the list - click the "pin" again and they
will gradually move down the list and fall off. I do hope this will help. It
works exactly the same in Excel and PowerPoint. I enjoy the feature very
much. I have my Recent Document list set to 30, as that is what my notebook
monitor will accomodate.

Press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click on a file to remove it. Use this shortcut
with care, as it will delete *any* menu entry you click on. (But it is "used
up" after one use and can be dismissed with ESC if you invoke it
inadvertently.)

Hi Margy

Not sure where it belongs, but in All Commands you will find an item
called ToolsCustomizeRemoveMenuShortcut, which I have added to the Work
menu (just under the Add to Work Menu item).

The shortcut key is [Alt Ctl -]

I haven't pushed the menu hard enough to know is limits.

Mark