Maybe OT, but here goes

[Steve kemp]

My apologies if this is not an appropriate location for this post, but I will gladly accept direction to another. I've just installed (without incedent) Office OneNote2007 in order to have Word (that's all I wanted, really). However, Word does not show up anywhere in the start menu or, for that matter as a component of office in explorer. Right-clicking existing word files only offers the "open with" option and a double-click only offers a "save-as". Any ideas what I'm missing? I've uninstalled/reinstalled, with no difference. Thanks. Steve.

[Onihonker]

I will do my best to help you Steve. It sounds like you want to create a shortcut for Word under the start menu, so you can access Word more conveniently.

First open a new window and find WINWORD.EXE
The file you are looking for is called WINWORD.EXE and you will not find it under the OFFICE folder.

Look under the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12 and you should be able to find it. *Change your drive letter and path as needed* You can also search for this file using START>SEARCH *assuming your using xp*

Once you have found the file please keep that window open.

Creating the search shortcut under the start menu
First right click the start menu and choose explore all users. The address bar should look like this C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu if you choose to use the explorer.

Here you will see a folder called programs. Double click it and again open the folder called Microsoft Office. This is the folder where I recommend you create your shortcut in. I'll provide the address so we stay on the same page.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office

In this folder right click *menu appears*and choose NEW>SHORTCUT. The create shortcut window appears. Click browse and find the location of where WINWORD.EXE is located on your computer. It will ask you to give the shortcut a name. *I recommend 'Microsoft Office Word 2007'* and presto a new shortcut has been created under Start>ALL PROGRAMS>MICROSOFT OFFICE>*Your shortcut will appear here*

Congrats Your Done!

If you have any questions or concerns don't hesitate to ask.

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