18th March 2002

Word to your processor, yo. Upon uncovering the "secret" Work menu in Microsoft Word, there was much rejoicing. Right-click on a Toolbar or Menu item | Customize | Commands | Built-in Menus | then drag and drop "Work" anywhere you wish. Adding an entry isn't the trick - removing it, however, may prove to be. Mark Farrar (and a few other Gnomies) figured out how to do it. The easiest way is to use the CTRL + ALT + minus sign keyboard shortcut. Upon doing this, your cursor will become a thick horizontal line. Open a menu, then select the item you wish to remove. To add this feature to a menu, open up the toolbar customization dialog again, open the All Commands category, then scroll to "Tools Customize Add Menu Shortcut" and (four fields down) to "Tools Customize Remove Menu Shortcut." Place this in your Work menu and it'll always be a single click away. You can rename the shortcut (recommended) and assign it a key character for easier ALT key access. If you're so inclined, assign an image to it. I recommend this if you're someone who relies on visual cues. An eight ball would be very appropriate.