Re: Bring back the office short cut bar!
- From: Steve Anderson [msft] <steveand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 11:40:24 -0700
I use mailto: in a shortcut and drag the shortcut to the quicklaunch bar.
Hope that helps.
--
-Steve Anderson
Program Manager, Office
"Shawn.Fultz@xxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
> I was hoping this reply would be my savior. THe feature I missed the most was
> the ability to open a blank email or appointment right from the Office
> Shortcut Bar. Unfortuantely, I'm not sure where to add these paramaters.
>
> For instance, the path to my Outlook is "C:\Program Files\Microsoft
> Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" But, I don't know where to put "/c imp.note" to
> create a shortcut to open a blank email? Any help?
>
> I tried:
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE" /c imp.note
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE /c imp.note"
> "/c imp.note C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE"
>
> Help please!
> Shawn Fultz
> Shawn.Fultz@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
> > You can use these parameters to create shortcuts on your desktop for the
> > Outlook functions.
> >
> > Create an e-mail message /c ipm.note
> > Create a post /c ipm.post
> > Create an appointment /c ipm.appointment
> > Create a task /c ipm.task
> > Create a contact /c ipm.contact
> > Create a journal entry /c ipm.activity
> > Create a note /c ipm.stickynote
> >
> > Append the path to your outlook.exe before adding the separate switches.
> > Save the shortcut to your desktop or QL bar.
> >
> > --
> > Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
> >
> > Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
> > the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
> > account will be deleted without reading.
> >
> > After furious head scratching, Deb Borys asked:
> >
> > | Steve, I use the Quick Launch bar AND the OSB for a couple of
> > | different reasons: a) to minimize the amount of space you take up on
> > | the Launch bar, but mostly b) what I used most on the OSB was the New
> > | Email message, New Appointment, etc. for Outlook. It does not appear
> > | possible to add those things to the Quick Launch Bar. If there is,
> > | can you tell me how?
> > |
> > | Thank you.
> > |
> > | Deb Borys
> > |
> > |
> > | "Steve Anderson [msft]" wrote:
> > |
> > || Hi, I thought I would chime in on some of these since there is
> > || obviously a lot of passion around this.
> > ||
> > || First, I was also an enthusiastic user of the Office Shortcut Bar
> > || (OSB): there was something just comforting and easy about having it
> > || right there all the time. I missed it until someone showed me the
> > || Windows Quick Launch bar (just to the right of the Start button).
> > ||
> > || From the folks I’ve talked to around here, it basically came down
> > || to cost vs. benefit. The cost of maintaining the OSB was not
> > || trivial: it was relatively old code which had a number of
> > || “issuesâ€, not the least of which were some international
> > || problems. We could have addressed them all, but the benefit over
> > || and above Windows XP’s Quick Launch toolbar just didn’t justify
> > || the cost.
> > ||
> > || Beth wrote an excellent work-around if you really don’t like the
> > || Quick Launch bar, and I’ve reprinted the links for how to use it.
> > ||
> > || Beth's work-around on TechTrax:
> > || http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=327
> > ||
> > || Showing the Windows Quick Launch bar (from
> > ||
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/win_tray_taskbar_showql_howto.asp)
> > ||
> > || Thanks,
> > ||
> > || -Steve Anderson
> > || PM, Office
> > ||
> > || This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > || rights.
> > ||
> > || <Shortcut Champion> wrote:
> > ||
> > ||
> > || The office recently updated to Office 2003 which does not contain
> > || the short
> > || cut bar any more. Would like to see it brought back. It sure saves
> > || space on
> > || the desktop and made access repetative use programs simple.
> >
> >
> >
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