Maybe you can just add it back.

File|Open, then traverse to your Favorites folder
(Mine is: C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Favorites)

Actually, stay one level higher, so you can click on Favorites.

Then Tools|Add to "my places"



quartz wrote:
>
> I was recently upgraded to Office 2003 (with Windows XP) and I noticed that
> the "Favorites" button that used to appear on the [File] [Open] dialog box in
> Excel (and Word) is no longer there.
>
> Is there a way to restore this button (if so, how?) or is it phased out
> altogether in 2003?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.

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Dave Peterson