Take a Shortcut to Work

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The Microsoft Office Shortcut Bar provides convenient shortcuts to your Office documents and databases and to Office applications. Use it to quickly create and open documents and databases, set up appointments, and more.

You can customize the Shortcut Bar by adding buttons for any document, database, or application you use frequently.

If the Office Shortcut Bar is not available   rerun Office Setup to install it. The Typical installation for Office 97 includes the Office Shortcut Bar only if it was included in your previous installation of Office for Windows 95. For more information, see Add or Remove Components.