I did this at work months ago, but I can't at home; Office 2010 on Windows 7. I believe I had it pinned to the start menu, from which I right-clicked to get the Properties dialogue and simply filled in the shortcut. At home, however, the shortcut field says "None", and although I can place my cursor at the end of the word, I cannot edit -- None it stays. The "Start in" field above it is empty; I have no idea what that should be.



I can open Word from the taskbar with [Windows key+the appropriate digit],
but I'd like to have the same short cut on both computers.

Hi
You need to locate the Word.exe application on your PC and the create a shortcut to that.
Hope this helps.
Tony

Solved after writing this:

I tried your suggestion. I went to the Programs folder, found Winword.exe, pinned a shortcut to the Start menu. "None" remain un-editable.

The target is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE"

Start in now says "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14"

What am I doing wrong here?

Solution: Though None remain un-editable, simply pressing the desired shortcut-key sequence replaces it.

Hi
See the link below:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/140443
Good luck.
Tony