Daniel,
I continued to pursue a better way, and now have a "work around".
With a workbook open, try the following steps:
Go to the Quick Access Toolbar, upper left
Click on the down arrow at the right
Click on More Commands
Select Choose Commands from All Commands
Add "Close" and "Open" to the selection at right
Click "OK"
Now you can "Save", "Close", and "Open from Recent Workbooks", all from
the Quick Access Toolbar.
At least, it makes me feel better. :-)
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 5/21/2014 6:41 AM, Daniel Sepke wrote:
Jim,
Did you update to from a prior version of Excel when you made the XP to W7 move? I seem to recall that a feature similar to what you describe was a part of the older Office suite but when the ribbon interface was introduced they 'retired' that option. Frustrating!
The closest I can suggest is the jump lists feature that are part of W7 to provide a similar quick access to regularly worked with documents. They appear in two places, the first is for items pinned in the start menu and the second on pinned taskbar items. In the case of the start menu jump lists you may need to extend the number shown in the properties for the start menu then select customize to access the dialog for that setting. This only works for items pinned to the start menu, not those in the deeper programs list. For pinned to taskbar items you can right click on any one then you will see a list of recent and frequently used items and have the option to pin them to that list. You can pin items to the start menu and the taskbar by right clicking on them in the programs list.
My personal working preference is the taskbar method for day to day stuff but often use start menu pinned items for less frequently used programs.
Hope this helps get you closer to your needs.
Dan
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 19:21:41 -0500
From: jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] OT - Excel 2013
Are there any Excel gurus on these lists? I am trying to get Excel 2013
to work like my old XP machine, and am feeling frustrated. I normally
work with a list of 14 or 15 workbooks, and have them "pinned" to the
startup page listing. So far, so good. I can click on a workbook, open
it, update it, and save it, but when I close the workbook, it takes me
back to a blank workbook, not the original list.
Is there any way to avoid the blank workbook, and return to the original
startup list?
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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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