Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Microsoft Office Tip of the Week: Recent Document List

Applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Many Microsoft Office programs display the last few files opened in that program. The list of recently documents can be customized to adjust the number of files or specific files that it displays.

Change the number of files that appear in the list of recent documents

  1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image, and then click (Excel, PowerPoint, or Word) Options.

  2. Click Advanced.

  3. Under Display, in the Show this number of Recent Documents list, click the number of files that you want to display.

To keep documents on the Recent Documents List:
  1. Click the Microsoft Office Button Button image.

  2. Click Pin this document to the Recent Documents list Button image.

Note: When a document is pinned to the Recent Documents list, the pin button looks like a push pin viewed from the top: Button image.

To undo this feature, push the Button image again, and it will appear as Button image.

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