The Application menu is an easy way to bring functionality and shortcuts to the user. The menu points to one (or more) folders, where shortcuts, macros and documents can be placed (compare to the Start-menu in Windows). The Application menu is an Add-in, so the first step is to enable the addin:
1. Enable the Application Menu
Chose Tools > Add-ins. Make sure that Application menu is set to Startup/Loaded in the Load Behavior column. When the addin is enabled a new menu labeled Program appears.
2. Add Path to Program Folder
To configure the menu chose Properties… in the new Program menu.
Use the Add button to add a new folder path or Open to configure an existing folder. It’s possible to have several folder paths in the list.
3. Configure the Folder
In the sample above we have added three icons:
- an Internet URL to Google
- a shortcut to Excel
- a VBS-script that transfers selected customers to a mobile phone
The Resulting Menu!
The result from the configuration above is the following menu:
A shortcut to Google, a command for transferring contacts to the mobile phone and a convenient shortcut to Excel.
