Hi Daniel,
Thanks for the response. My old PC is boxed up, but I think it had
Office 2003 running on XP. I upgraded to a new Dell machine with Win 7,
and it came with Office 2013 installed. It is taking some time to
become accustomed to the new interface.
I discovered the technique for pinning the most used documents to the
start menu. I have not looked into the taskbar option. I think you
have confirmed my suspicion that my preferred "return to list" close
option is not to be found in the 2013 version. Such is progress in the
MS world! :-(
PS: The old E-1 still takes beautiful images. :-)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 5/21/2014 6:41 AM, Daniel Sepke wrote:
Jim,
Did you update to from a prior version of Excel when you made the XP to W7 move? I seem to recall that a feature similar to what you describe was a part of the older Office suite but when the ribbon interface was introduced they 'retired' that option. Frustrating!
The closest I can suggest is the jump lists feature that are part of W7 to provide a similar quick access to regularly worked with documents. They appear in two places, the first is for items pinned in the start menu and the second on pinned taskbar items. In the case of the start menu jump lists you may need to extend the number shown in the properties for the start menu then select customize to access the dialog for that setting. This only works for items pinned to the start menu, not those in the deeper programs list. For pinned to taskbar items you can right click on any one then you will see a list of recent and frequently used items and have the option to pin them to that list. You can pin items to the start menu and the taskbar by right clicking on them in the programs list.
My personal working preference is the taskbar method for day to day stuff but often use start menu pinned items for less frequently used programs.
Hope this helps get you closer to your needs.
Dan
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 19:21:41 -0500
From: jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] OT - Excel 2013
Are there any Excel gurus on these lists? I am trying to get Excel 2013
to work like my old XP machine, and am feeling frustrated. I normally
work with a list of 14 or 15 workbooks, and have them "pinned" to the
startup page listing. So far, so good. I can click on a workbook, open
it, update it, and save it, but when I close the workbook, it takes me
back to a blank workbook, not the original list.
Is there any way to avoid the blank workbook, and return to the original
startup list?
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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