[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There is no way to delete them directly from the Getting Started task pane,
but you can delete them from the bottom of the File menu (assuming you're
using Word 2002 or 2003). Press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click on one of the
filenames. Repeat as needed. Use this shortcut with care because it will
delete *any* menu item you click on. Deleting the filenames from the MRU
list on the File menu will also remove them from the task pane.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Joel" wrote in message
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When I open Word it provides the option following options: New, Open,
Save,
Save and more.
On the right side of that it shows recent documents. I have deleted 60% of
these files but their names continue to be in the recent document list.
How
do I clear this list?
Thank you.