This week’s tip comes to us courtesy of How To Geek:
More often than not I find myself running Word and then just opening the document that I was last working on. Well, it turns out that you can create a desktop shortcut that will do both steps for you. Basically the shortcut command is the following:
However, depending on your version of Word and where it might be installed on your computer, the command’s path may be different. To make sure you’ve got everything right, I suggest following the step-by-step instructions in the How To Geek post.
Also, I haven’t tested it, but I’m assuming that the same /mfile1 switch would work for other Office programs such as Excel and PowerPoint. If anyone tries it please let me know how it works out.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
View all posts by Michael Sauers
This week’s tip comes to us courtesy of How To Geek: