I have several Word and Excel support messages that I've saved to docs and keep on my desktop while learning and using the information.
Instead of cluttering the desktop I could create a folder on the desktop for files.
However, it'd be more fun if I could create a drop-down window of sorts that upon clicking the down arrow would open with the file listing. Is such a thing available?
Thanks,
Mark
I downloaded Rocketdock and read about Objectdock. They're cute but neither have my simple need (that I've found)--a dropdown desktop 'click' that opens a list of files under a dir--
Mark
The only workable native solution I can offer is to pin Word or Excel to the taskbar, and then to make use of the Recent documents list:
- Start Excel
- Pin it to the taskbar by right-clicking it's taskbar icon and then selecting Pin this program to taskbar.
- From within Excel, open and then close each respective document that you want to "Pin"
- Close Excel
- Right-click the pinned taskbar icon
- You'll notice that when you move the mouse over the very right of a recent file, a grey color "Pin" will appear. Left-click this pin to force the recent item to remain on the list so that opening other documents will not remove it.
- The pin will turn blue, and if clicked again, the recent file will be unpinned, allowing it to be pushed off the recent list by opening other files.
- A recent file can also be removed from the list by right-clicking and selecting Remove from this list
- Even if Excel is not open, you can right-click it's pinned icon, and then left-click a recent file to open that file
Last edited by Dzomlija; 30 Jan 2011 at 23:53. Reason: Added screenshot
Thanks for the thorough explain re pin to... I know that option and it just won't do.
Manay, I'll try the Objectdock tab. I installed Rocketdock to test. Can I run both utils at the same time without things up or do I need to play with them one at a time?
Mark
I'm starting to warm up to Rocket even before trying the other. I may have spoken too quickly earlier.
Since I can place the folder containing the Word tips in the Rocket bar that does simply things.
I would, however, like to have the folder name 'on or below' the folder so I do not have to hover to determine which folder is which. I have not seen that option?
Also, the My Documents doesn't work in my case. I do not store my doc there but as separate folders under the folder MyStuff. If I change the path to MyStuff Rocket refuses since it's looking for a list of files not folders?
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