Re: Work Menu Loses Documents

Word 2001

Hi,

I forgot to mention that the same thing happens with the items and their
placements in the toolbars at the top of the screen. I have carefully gone
into "Customize" to add an item or to rearrange items on the toolbars, only
to see them disappear, or revert to their previous locations when word has
quit and then opened again.

Rafael


> From: Montserrat <raf44ael98@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.word
> Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 09:52:49 -0700
> Subject: Re: Work Menu Loses Documents
>
> Word 2001
>
> Hi,
>
> I still have not resolved this issue of "Work Menu Loses Documents". I set
> up 5 or 6 items in work menu. Then holdin gthe shift key I opened the file
> menu and "Saved All". I quit word. Opened it. And all items I just had
> placed on the work menu were gone. What reappeared were items I have 'added
> to" months ago.
>
> Also, there is an icon that can be taken from All Commands in Customize also
> called "Save All". The icon is three floppy discs stacked up. The
> "Description" For this in commands is "Save All (SHIFT+ menu)", same as
> Daiya's explanation, and "Saves all open files in this application.
>
> I tried clicking that icon also and it didn't save items in the work menu
> either.
>
> I reviewed all NG " Work Menu Loses Documents" posts and I believe the issue
> may never have been resolved there. I'm replying from the most recent post
> which doesn't include the whole thread, so I include a couple of quotes from
> previous NG posts on this issue below.
>
> Thanks, Rafael
>
> --These are my quotes below
> "Getting Work Menu To Hold ³AddTo Work Menu² Items"
>
> 1. "Make sure you save your Normal template after making changes to the Work
> menu :-) That's where it's stored.
> John"
>
> 2. "If in Preferences, Save, you have checked "prompt to save Normal", Word
> will ask you to confirm those changes when you Quit, and if you hit No,
> changes will not be saved.
>
> "You can force a save to Normal, without quitting, by
> hitting Save All. If you hold down Shift, then click the File menu, Save
> All will be an option, or you can assign a shortcut key or an icon to it
> (cmd-opt-s might be the default Save All, or that might be just my
> shortcut).
> Daiya------"
>
>
>
> --Thread
>
> Hi Daiya:
>
> Yes, you are right: I did think it was stored in Normal, and as your
> testing proves, I was wrong.
>
> Something like two years ago, I asked out Technical Lead to get us a list of
> what settings are stored in which preferences files. The list is readily
> available on the Microsoft web site for PC Word.
>
> But so far, I have had no response. Sorry about that.
>
> Cheers
>
>
> On 29/4/05 06:53, in article BE969B4C.2AA6F%daiyaNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
> "Daiya Mitchell" <daiyaNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>> The work menu isn't stored in the Normal template,
>>>
>>> Are you sure? John McGhie seems to think it is. If not, where is it
>>> stored?
>>>
>> Yeah, I tried to ask John about that but I think he missed it. I guess all
>> I really know is that when I quit Word and drag the prefs file to the
>> desktop, my Work menu has vanished when I re-open.
>>
>> I'll go try the same test with Normal. Yep, still got my Work menu. So I
>> think it's stored in prefs.
>>
>> This may be a win/Mac difference, because I don't think the mysterious
>> windows "registry" works the same way as a preferences file, so that may be
>> where John is coming from.
>>
>> Daiya
>>
>
> --
>
> Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
> me unless I ask you to.
>
> John McGhie <john@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Consultant Technical Writer
> Sydney, Australia +61 4 1209 1410
>
>

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