Q. What is the Work menu in Microsoft Word 2000?
A. Don’t you hate it when you go to open a document from the “recently used” file list at the bottom of the File menu and you find that your document has dropped off the list?
For immediate access to often-used files in Word 2000 — and to prevent files from dropping off when you open others — add the Work menu to your menu bar.
1. From the menu bar, click Tools, then Customize.
2. Click the Commands tab.
3. In the Categories pane, click Built-inMenus.
4. In the Commands pane, click and drag Work to your menu bar.
5. Click Close.
When you have a file open that you want to add to the Work menu,
perform this step:
• From the menu bar, click Work, then Add toWork Menu. Now you can easily open the file the next time you open Word:
• From the menu bar, click Work, then select the file name.
To remove an item from the menu:
1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen. The pointer turns into a horizontal black bar.
2. Click the Work menu, then click the file name you want to remove.
Thanks to Jean Weber’s Technical Editors’ Eyrie Newsletter for this tip. See “Resources” above for information on Jean’s Web site. And see the “Corrigo Supplement” section of the TE SIG Web site
(www.stcsig.org/te/newsletter/supplement) for information on restoring items you accidentally delete from a Word menu.