Do you constantly have to open the same document again and again while working on it? Instead of opening the Word start menu first and then the file, you can automatically open the last document you were working on.
To do this, create a separate shortcut with a special path that will launch the last document opened in Word. If you already have a Word shortcut on your desktop, create a copy of it.
If you don’t have a desktop shortcut and you’re using Word 2013 on Windows 8, go to the following path:
C:Program Files (x86)Microsoft OfficeOffice15WINWORD.EXE
Note: If you have a 32-bit version of Word on a 64-bit operating system, when writing the path, specify the folder Program Files (x86). Otherwise, indicate Program Files.
Right click on the file Winword.exe and then Send to > desktop (Send > Desktop).
Right click on the new shortcut and select Properties (Properties).
Place the cursor after the path in the input field Target (Object), leaving the quotes, and type the following: “/ mfile1»
Click OKto save your changes.
Change the name of the shortcut to indicate that it will launch the last opened document.
If you want the shortcut to open other documents from the recent list, specify a different number after “/ is dead» in the input field Target (An object). For example, to open the penultimate file used, write “/ mfile2«.