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Please could somebody inform me how I should go about disabling the 'Recent Documents' menu from the 'File' or Windows logo button in Word 2007? I want it to disappear entirely, rather than just reducing the number of files displayed in the list. Also, is there any way to change the thesaurus from US to UK? And can you set the thesaurus as the default 'Reference Book'? Many thanks in anticipation. |
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Word 2007 - Disabling 'Recent Documents' menu and thesaurus questi
Can you not set the number to zero?
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Dan" wrote in message ... Hi, Please could somebody inform me how I should go about disabling the 'Recent Documents' menu from the 'File' or Windows logo button in Word 2007? I want it to disappear entirely, rather than just reducing the number of files displayed in the list. Also, is there any way to change the thesaurus from US to UK? And can you set the thesaurus as the default 'Reference Book'? Many thanks in anticipation. |
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Hi Dan,
You can turn off the display of the Recently used files in Word 2007, but it continues to gather a record of the last 50 files and you can turn that display back on. The setting is in File(Office Button)=Word Options (or Alt+T,O) in the "Advanced=Display" section. For the Beta, there is a UK Encarta English Dictionary, but I don't recall if there is a UK English targeted thesaurus available. On the 'Review Tab' click 'Research, then Options. Please use the 2007 tool from the link below to also send your experience and suggestions directly to the MS Office product team. ========= "Dan" wrote in message ... Hi, Please could somebody inform me how I should go about disabling the 'Recent Documents' menu from the 'File' or Windows logo button in Word 2007? I want it to disappear entirely, rather than just reducing the number of files displayed in the list. Also, is there any way to change the thesaurus from US to UK? And can you set the thesaurus as the default 'Reference Book'? Many thanks in anticipation. -- I hope this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office system products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS for the 2007 Office System 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 a. Install the ActiveX access control http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033 b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net |
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Hi Bob,
Thanks for your reply. I've already figured that you can reduce the number of files displayed in the 'Recent Documents' menu from the default 9 to 0, but even then, the menu still appears, taking up unnecessary space. I can't locate any other option under 'File Word Options Advanced Display' - where you directed me - that enables you to disable the feature entirely. Regarding the thesaurus, the only English one available is U.S., so I guess I'll have to make do with that (at least until the full release). There can't be that many differences, anyway. By the way, is this beta just a trial version, or do we get to keep it for an unlimited amount of time? Regards, Dan "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Dan, You can turn off the display of the Recently used files in Word 2007, but it continues to gather a record of the last 50 files and you can turn that display back on. The setting is in File(Office Button)=Word Options (or Alt+T,O) in the "Advanced=Display" section. For the Beta, there is a UK Encarta English Dictionary, but I don't recall if there is a UK English targeted thesaurus available. On the 'Review Tab' click 'Research, then Options. Please use the 2007 tool from the link below to also send your experience and suggestions directly to the MS Office product team. ========= "Dan" wrote in message ... Hi, Please could somebody inform me how I should go about disabling the 'Recent Documents' menu from the 'File' or Windows logo button in Word 2007? I want it to disappear entirely, rather than just reducing the number of files displayed in the list. Also, is there any way to change the thesaurus from US to UK? And can you set the thesaurus as the default 'Reference Book'? Many thanks in anticipation. -- I hope this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office system products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS for the 2007 Office System 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 a. Install the ActiveX access control http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033 b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net |
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I forgot to repeat - can you set the thesaurus as the default 'Reference
Book'? Even if it is only the U.S. version. Thanks, Dan "Dan" wrote: Hi Bob, Thanks for your reply. I've already figured that you can reduce the number of files displayed in the 'Recent Documents' menu from the default 9 to 0, but even then, the menu still appears, taking up unnecessary space. I can't locate any other option under 'File Word Options Advanced Display' - where you directed me - that enables you to disable the feature entirely. Regarding the thesaurus, the only English one available is U.S., so I guess I'll have to make do with that (at least until the full release). There can't be that many differences, anyway. By the way, is this beta just a trial version, or do we get to keep it for an unlimited amount of time? Regards, Dan "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Dan, You can turn off the display of the Recently used files in Word 2007, but it continues to gather a record of the last 50 files and you can turn that display back on. The setting is in File(Office Button)=Word Options (or Alt+T,O) in the "Advanced=Display" section. For the Beta, there is a UK Encarta English Dictionary, but I don't recall if there is a UK English targeted thesaurus available. On the 'Review Tab' click 'Research, then Options. Please use the 2007 tool from the link below to also send your experience and suggestions directly to the MS Office product team. ========= "Dan" wrote in message ... Hi, Please could somebody inform me how I should go about disabling the 'Recent Documents' menu from the 'File' or Windows logo button in Word 2007? I want it to disappear entirely, rather than just reducing the number of files displayed in the list. Also, is there any way to change the thesaurus from US to UK? And can you set the thesaurus as the default 'Reference Book'? Many thanks in anticipation. -- I hope this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office system products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS for the 2007 Office System 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 a. Install the ActiveX access control http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033 b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net |
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Hi Dan,
On the time issue, the Office 2007 Beta 2 package becomes a large file viewer set come February 2007. Basically it behaves the same way as Office 2003 trial software that comes to the end of its trial period. On the File menu sizing, as with much of the Ribbon the 'size' is predetermined. The 'width' used for the Recently Used Files list is the same space used by the submenus you can choose from items such as Print...|. The width of the File menu isn't generally customizable. The choices for 'Word Options' and 'Exit' will basically always appear in the same screen location at the bottom right of the File[Office Button] dialog. Unlike prior versions of Office where setting the choice to zero actually deleted file entries, in the new version the 'display' choice only reduces or increases the number of files displayed. As Terry pointed out you need a pretty tall monitor or very high resolution to actuall get 50 items to display. The File=open dialog is a preset dimension, much like the ribbon and has no scroll bars. On the Thesaurus and other reference tools, I don't recall a specific setting that lets you 'choose' a default. The formatting of any specific text with a language/locale should bring up the matching language reference tool when it's checked, but when I checked using 'color' or 'colour' with the language set to French(France) it made the French Thesaurus available but kept the U.S. English dictionary as primary and didn't bring up the French dictionary, even after the spell check was allowed to change the word to 'coloured'. ============ "Dan" wrote in message ... Hi Bob, Thanks for your reply. I've already figured that you can reduce the number of files displayed in the 'Recent Documents' menu from the default 9 to 0, but even then, the menu still appears, taking up unnecessary space. I can't locate any other option under 'File Word Options Advanced Display' - where you directed me - that enables you to disable the feature entirely. Regarding the thesaurus, the only English one available is U.S., so I guess I'll have to make do with that (at least until the full release). There can't be that many differences, anyway. By the way, is this beta just a trial version, or do we get to keep it for an unlimited amount of time? Regards, Dan -- I hope this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office system products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS for the 2007 Office System 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 a. Install the ActiveX access control http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033 b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net |
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Word 2007 - Disabling 'Recent Documents' menu and thesaurus qu
Thanks.
About your latter comment, that's probably because you typed an English word when you had your default dictionary as English as well. I guess I'll have to make do with the empty files list! Thanks a lot for your help, Bob. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Dan, On the time issue, the Office 2007 Beta 2 package becomes a large file viewer set come February 2007. Basically it behaves the same way as Office 2003 trial software that comes to the end of its trial period. On the File menu sizing, as with much of the Ribbon the 'size' is predetermined. The 'width' used for the Recently Used Files list is the same space used by the submenus you can choose from items such as Print...|. The width of the File menu isn't generally customizable. The choices for 'Word Options' and 'Exit' will basically always appear in the same screen location at the bottom right of the File[Office Button] dialog. Unlike prior versions of Office where setting the choice to zero actually deleted file entries, in the new version the 'display' choice only reduces or increases the number of files displayed. As Terry pointed out you need a pretty tall monitor or very high resolution to actuall get 50 items to display. The File=open dialog is a preset dimension, much like the ribbon and has no scroll bars. On the Thesaurus and other reference tools, I don't recall a specific setting that lets you 'choose' a default. The formatting of any specific text with a language/locale should bring up the matching language reference tool when it's checked, but when I checked using 'color' or 'colour' with the language set to French(France) it made the French Thesaurus available but kept the U.S. English dictionary as primary and didn't bring up the French dictionary, even after the spell check was allowed to change the word to 'coloured'. ============ "Dan" wrote in message ... Hi Bob, Thanks for your reply. I've already figured that you can reduce the number of files displayed in the 'Recent Documents' menu from the default 9 to 0, but even then, the menu still appears, taking up unnecessary space. I can't locate any other option under 'File Word Options Advanced Display' - where you directed me - that enables you to disable the feature entirely. Regarding the thesaurus, the only English one available is U.S., so I guess I'll have to make do with that (at least until the full release). There can't be that many differences, anyway. By the way, is this beta just a trial version, or do we get to keep it for an unlimited amount of time? Regards, Dan -- I hope this helped you, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office system products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS for the 2007 Office System 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie the 2007 Microsoft Office system iinfo is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 a. Install the ActiveX access control http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033 b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net |
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Hi Dan,
In the Word 2007 Research Pane (Review=Proofing=Research) If I set the drop down to show 'Thesauraus English (U.S.)' rather than 'All Reference Books', it doesn't 'stick' consistently (unlike Word 2003 task panes don't stay open when you start another new document, in the new document). It doesn't appear to be entirely a template setting but it may have a registry setting to use rather than the need to rely on a macro to set that choice. I haven't been able to spend much time on this the past week. ======== "Dan" wrote in message ... I forgot to repeat - can you set the thesaurus as the default 'Reference Book'? Even if it is only the U.S. version. Thanks, Dan -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office system products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS to the 2007 Office System 1. Read about it, try it, or watch the movie the 2007 Microsoft Office system info, online Test Drive, or downloadable beta is at http://microsoft.com/office/preview 2. Already have 2007 Office System Beta 2? Send Microsoft your feedback (with pictures) http://sas.office.microsoft.com/ 3. Use the 2007 OfficeOnline website without Office2007 a. Install the ActiveX access control http://office.microsoft.com/search/r...XT101650581033 b. then visit http://officebeta.iponet.net |
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