Launch Office Application from SharePoint Portal Page

Business Problem:

    One of my client wanted to have links on main portal to launch Microsoft Office key applications i.e Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook directly by clicking on a link at portal page.

Solution:

I searched the net and find a nice solution here It is a small piece of JavaScript code which you can put in CEWP and use it on your portal page. I added some formatting and relevant icons against the office applications and wraps it up in a webpart dwp file. After importing this web part on your page, you will get something like this:

You can download the dwp file from here

Add Custom context menu by Javascript in SharePoint

If you want to add a custom menu item in Document Library’s item context menu just by Javascript without going into the details of  adding any new feature or writing your own assembly then here is a quick trick:

1. Add a new Content Editor Web Part on your target page
2. Open the tool pane of the web part
3. Click Source Editor and add following Javascript code in it

   <script language="javascript">
   function Custom_AddDocLibMenuItems(m, ctx)
   {
     var strDisplayText = "Say Hello World!";
     var strAction = "alert('Hello World')";
     var strImagePath = "";
   
     // Add our new menu item
     CAMOpt(m, strDisplayText, strAction, strImagePath);
   
     // add a separator to the menu
     CAMSep(m);
   
     // false means that the standard menu items should also be rendered
     return false;
   }
   </script>
   

4. Click Save
5. Click OK in toolpane to close it
6. Now open the context menu of an item of the document library and you will see your new menu item in it similar to following

Please note that this menu item will only be visible on your target not on every page of your document libraries.