It should look something like Figure 8, which you can now drag to your dock bar. Figures 6 and 7 display the before and after effect of this operation. Simply hit COMMAND-v to paste the image from step 5. This image will be copied into the system buffer and you need to return to the item’s info page and click on the mini icon in the upper left corner which will highlight in blue.
You’ll be able to select a portion of the page in Figure 5 I have selected only the company logo. Once the info page is open return to the web page you created the shortcut for and select something that makes it easily identified and screen capture is with COMMAND-CONTROL-SHIFT-4 (don’t worry it does take 2 hands). To change the icon to something a bit more meaningful open the info page for the item by either selecting the item and hitting COMMAND-I or right click (hold the control key while clicking) on the item to display the context menu as demonstrated in Figure 4. More than likely you would like to change this to something a little more meaningful, since all of the shortcuts to web links you create will have this same icon. You’ll notice a new HTTP icon on your desktop similar to Figure 3 with the title of the link you dragged. Drag the URL, usually by grabbing the FavIcon, to the desktop. Launched Safari and navigate to the page you would like to bookmark on the desktop. This is something handy for teachers who want to make it easier for their students to access specific websites, or a business that wants to publish an icon for their customer login page.
My goal is to demonstrate how to create a web page shortcut that is easily identifiable.
In Windows 8 you would click Send To > Desktop (Create shortcut).Ī shortcut for that document or file appears on your desktop.Have you ever needed, or just wanted, to make a shortcut icon on the the desktop in Mac OS X? Honestly it’s relatively trivial to do but the result isn’t always what people expect. Right-click the name of the document, and then click Create shortcut. In Windows Explorer, browse to the document or file for which you want to create a desktop shortcut. You can also create desktop shortcuts for specific Office files or documents. Right-click the program name, and then click Send To > Desktop (Create shortcut).Ĭreate a desktop shortcut for an Office document or file Right-click the program name or tile, and then select Open file location. Left-click the name of the program, and drag it onto your desktop.Ī shortcut for the program appears on your desktop. Create a desktop shortcut for an Office programĬlick the Windows key, and then browse to the Office program for which you want to create a desktop shortcut. If you are using Windows 8 or earlier, right-click the program name or tile, and then select Pin to taskbar. If you are using Windows 10, right-click the program name or tile, click More > Pin to taskbar. You can also add a program to the taskbar.
Note: This article explains how to create a shortcut on your desktop.
However, if you don't create a desktop shortcut at the time that you install Office then decide that you want a desktop shortcut later, you can easily create one. When the Microsoft Office programs are installed, you have the choice to create a desktop shortcut for the individual Office programs.
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