Microsoft Office has a "work" menu feature that provides easy access to documents you frequently use.  There are two steps to use the work menu: (1) adding the work menu to your menu bar, and (2) populating the work menu with your documents.

1. Adding the Work menu to your menu bar
To add the work menu, start Microsoft Word, and go to Tools | Customize.  Click the "Commands" tab.  In the "Categories" section on the left, scroll down to "Built-in Menu", then in the "Commands" section on the right, scroll down to "Work".  The dialog box should now look like:

Click on hold the left mouse button on the word "Work" and drag it up to the menu bar, between "File" and "Edit".  Click "Close" to close the open dialog box.  Your menu bar should now appear similar to:

You are now ready to add documents to the Work menu.

2. Populating the Work menu with your documents
You can easily add any open document to the Work menu.  Just open the document as you normally would then click on the Work menu and select "Add to Work Menu".  Later, to open a document stored on the work menu, simply click Work then click the appropriate document in the list.

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