Add a Work Menu to Word for Quick Access to Frequently Used Documents

November 10th, 2005

Word lets you add a Work menu to your Menu Bar that you can use to access frequently used documents. Although few people know about this Word feature, it can be quite useful.

To add the Work menu to the menu bar:

  1. Select Tools | Customize, and click the Commands tab.
  2. In the list of Categories , select Built-in Menus.
  3. Select Work in the Commands box and drag it to the menu bar.

    4. Add Work Menu

  4. Click Close to close the Customize dialog box.

After you add the Work menu, you can easily add any open Word document to it.

To add the current document to the Work menu:

  1. Select Work | Add to Work Menu.

To open a document on the Work menu:

  1. Select the the document on the Work menu.

To remove a document from the Work menu:

  1. Press CTRL+ALT+- (dash key).
  2. Your cursor will look like a large, bold underscore.
  3. On the Work menu, click the document you want to remove.

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