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-----Original Message-----
Thanks, I use the Work menu which is good, though it
lacks a lot in
flexibility. I just wanted a much more powerful and
flexible way of
accessing recently used documents.

Larry



Mostly Me (MM) wrote:
Larry wrote:
Are there utilities that expand Word's or Windows'
capacity to
display a list of recently opened files?

The Recently Used list in Word has a maximum of
nine. The Documents
submenu of the Windows Start menu has a maximum of
15. It would be
nice to be able to display, say the last 30
documents opened.

Thanks
Larry



Hi Larry,

It appears that the maximum is nine and a brief Google
search did not
reveal a hack to change that number. Of course, there
might be one
somewhere, I didn't do an exhaustive search.

I did see however that if your desire is to have
frequently accessed
documents more readily available from a menu, you
could do this:

quote
...you can add documents that you access regularly to
the File menu by
adding the Work option to this menu. Go to Tool,
Customize, Commands.
Under Categories, select Built-in Menus. Under
Commands, find the Work
menu button and drag it to your File menu (try placing
it right under
the recent files list).

The next time you open a file that you use a lot, you
can add it to
your Work list by going to File/Work, and selecting
the Add to Work
Menu. /quote

Hope that helps.

MM


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