Tips & Tricks

Getting rid of the Office Shortcut Bar and using new Windows 98 Quick Launch

If you are using Microsoft Office 97 with Windows 98, the new Windows 98 Quick Launch bar operates as a more versatile and convenient Office Shortcut Bar. It's located just to the right of the Start button on the taskbar. You can place buttons on it in any order you want and put it anywhere you want on your desktop. To move your current shortcuts from the Office Shortcut Bar to the Quick Launch bar: 

1. Open Windows Explorer.
2. Go to C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Shortcut Bar.
3. Drag any shortcuts you want to the taskbar.
4. Right-click a blank area on the Office Shortcut Bar, and click Exit. When prompted if you want the bar to run when you restart Windows, click No.