rilly ignernt computer question

[bixaorellana]

Is is possible to access a particular document from my desktop?

There is one Word document that I refer and add to a great deal. It would be so nifty to click once and get it.

Thanks.

[Deleted]

You can drag any document you want onto your desktop.

[bixaorellana]

Unh, unh ~~ I have tried & tried. How do I get it to drag, or is there an alternate method?

[Deleted]

You must have a Mexican desktop then.

Frankly, on any computer I have ever had, it has been possible to open the document window showing the desired item, reduce it in size so that part of the desktop shows, and just drag it from one window to the other. I do it all the time.

[bixaorellana]

Well, the monitor is a Samsung -- same brand as the camera that just crapped out on me.

Anyway, I finally managed to place an icon on the desktop for the document. Here is how I did it:

Go to Search in the Start menu.
Search for the document
When it's found, right-click on the Search result
Choose "create shortcut" from the drop-down menu
You will get a windows that says, "Windows cannot create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?"
Say "yes".

I'm sure this is going all the way around the mulberry bush to get the shortcut on the desktop, but at least it worked.

[auntieannie]

save it on the desktop, bixabella. like you would save a document anywhere else?

[bixaorellana]

*slaps forehead really REALLY hard*

Talk about a solution staring me right in the face! THANK YOU, Annie. It's so easy, and I made it so hard.

[hwinpp]

Or copy it wherever it is and paste to the desktop.

[gyro]

Oh, don't say that; she'll get glue ALL OVER the monitor now ... !

[bixaorellana]

;D

I am beautiful. I don't need to be smart, too.

[auntieannie]

love you, bixa!!!! I keep missing stuff staring me in the face.

[bixaorellana]

Okay, I've got another one. This is really driving me crazy. As long as I've had a computer, it was set to show the documents as thumbnails when the little window for browsing opened. Then a "friend" reset that because it was "correct" his way. Grrrrrrr.

Now, when I want to host a picture for instance, the browsing window always opens in Details. Yes, I can click on the Thumbnails option, but I don't want to do that -- I want it to open in Thumbnails automatically and can't figure out how to get it to do that.

Someone help please, or I'm going to be testy, which we all know is not the usual me.

[Deleted]

When you're in the window you want, go to an empty space and right-click to get the 'view' option -- this will propose details, thumbnails, miniatures, etc. Choose the one you want and everything in that window will obey and stay that way the next time you open it.

(I just learned this when they screwed up all of our new computers at the office last week so now I can pretend to be inteligant.)

[bixaorellana]

It's not obeying. I tried your directions repeatedly with the imageshack upload button, and kept getting Details regardless. Then I tried actually uploading something -- still no dice.

I'm not exaggerating when I say I get angry every single time this happens. The nerve of someone resetting my choices!