How can I put shortcuts on the screen of Windows 8 start

Using Xp, Vista and Win7, I could create a shortcut to a document so that I just had to click on it and it's there.  When I try to create a shortcut on the start of Win8 screen, no luck.  for example, I have a couple of MSWord docs that I access frequently, and I would put them on the start screen.  How can I do this?

Thank you

Joe

I had the question too, so after playing with it, I found that it could be done, but it's a pain.  Here's what I had to do:

  1. Go to %AppData%/Roaming/Microsoft/Windows/Start Menu Programs
  2. Create a shortcut to your file here.
  3. Go to your screen Star and pull up "all apps".
  4. You should see your shortcut somewhere in the area of "Apps".  Just Pin to start.

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