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awest3

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Posted March 12, 2012 at 9:32AM

I have office 2010. I'd like word/excel to open in the file screen rather than the home screen. Can I do this ?

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Woolwell

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Posted March 12, 2012 at 1:20PM

Don't think that it is possible.

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Diemmess

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Posted March 12, 2012 at 1:43PM

Agree with Woolwell

You can of course make desktop shortcuts to a few files say particular documents or worksheets, if all you want is fast access to a particular file.

Clearly this is not an answer if you want to keep a comprehensive and very long long list of files.

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awest3

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Posted March 12, 2012 at 3:10PM

I have a list of about 9 files I mostly use so thought it would be better to open in file rather than home. It was worth a shot. Thanks for the replies.

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Woolwell

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Posted March 12, 2012 at 3:38PM

W7 jump list is very good for that.

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Zak

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Posted March 12, 2012 at 4:35PM

I have Win 7 and MS Office 2010 and both excel and word documents open in File screen.

Do you save your documents in the file screen mode?

I'll search my settings and see if I can come up with something.

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Zak

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Posted March 12, 2012 at 4:56PM

Sorry awest3 I was just having a senior moment; my comments above are rubbish!! My documents also default to Home on opening.

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awest3

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Posted March 13, 2012 at 2:43PM

i'll have a look at jump lists.. thanks

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compumac

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Posted March 13, 2012 at 3:36PM

If I am reading your requirements - You want to view specific Word OR Excel filenames and then open them in the appropriate programme, - I have about a dozen Word and Excel files that I use all the time using shortcuts on the desktop and then click on the required shortcut to open the specified file. - or am I misunderstanding as to what you want?

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awest3

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Posted March 14, 2012 at 11:12AM

Hi, Thanks for this.

I'd just like word 2010 to open in 'File' rather than 'Home'. This way I can see all my recently used docs and just click on them to open.

I don't really want shortcuts on my desktop for them.

Its not a major issue as its only one click to switch to File.

I just thought it would be a simple thing to do...does not look like it though.

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Woolwell

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Posted March 14, 2012 at 11:41AM

I think that they named the tab as Home is a clue as to their intentions as to the start point.

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