Word:mac – Delete From Work Menu

23Sep/095

Word:mac – Delete From Work Menu

Download this free AppleScript to delete items from your Work Menu in Microsoft Word. A small dialog pops up and lists all your Work Menu items, and you just need to select the ones you want to remove. Or if you're clever, you can shift-click to select multiple. It worked with my Word 2008 for Mac.

What do I use the Work menu for anyway? Well, it's useful for frequently accessed documents (see below).

You can save the script into ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Word Script Menu Items or you can save it in /Library/Scripts like I did. It works fine.

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gekkox
November 25th, 2009 - 06:17

thanks for that script. It works fine but I did not manage to integrate the command “delete item from menu” in the work menu itself like it shows on your picture above. I can only put it into the word script menu. How did you do that?

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dotorious
November 25th, 2009 - 13:42

Not sure, gekkox — I just followed the instructions, and it worked for me!

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Alejandro
April 11th, 2010 - 18:13

Excellent!!!

It took me a few minutes to figure out that the instructions (using Ctrl+R) were written in the script itself.

Thank you so much.

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Tp
April 25th, 2010 - 04:32

Worked nicely. Thank you…

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shaggy dog
June 15th, 2010 - 17:23

I’ve spent too much time trying to get this to work. Unsuccessfully. I’ve read the instructions inside the script file, but am not clear on where/how to create the keyboard-command and how to get the “delete…” text into the Work menu.
Any help would be appreciated. Thx!

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