[Angus]

"Help" instructions say: Tools MenuOptionsGeneral Tab . . . . . .
"Options" is shown in my "Tools Menu" but is not active. It is shown in very
light shaded blue print. Why would this be? Or is there some other way I can
get to "General Tab" so I can specify the number of recently used files that
appear on my "File" Menu?
All other functions of "Word", I have used so far, seem to be working fine.
I installed the software two months ago.

Angus

[Bear]

Angus:

Do you have a document (any document) open? You have to have one open for
Tools Options to be available.

Bear

[Angus]

I opened a document, as you suggested, and then was able to increase my
number of "Recently used File list" to 9 (maximum). Your very fast and great
help is very much appreciated; Thank you.

Do you know if there is a way to go beyond "9" (current maximum)?
I would like to extend that number to 20.

Angus


"Bear" wrote:

Angus:

Do you have a document (any document) open? You have to have one open for
Tools Options to be available.

Bear

[Bear]

Angus:

Sorry, mate. I don't know how to do that. It's possible that that setting is
stored somewhere -- maybe in the registry? -- and that you could make it
double-digit by editing it there. It's also possible that Word just won't
handle more than 9.

If anybody else knows, please chime in! I wouldn't mind adding a few more to
that list myself.

Bear


"Angus" wrote:

I opened a document, as you suggested, and then was able to increase my
number of "Recently used File list" to 9 (maximum). Your very fast and great
help is very much appreciated; Thank you.

Do you know if there is a way to go beyond "9" (current maximum)?
I would like to extend that number to 20.

Angus


"Bear" wrote:

Angus:

Do you have a document (any document) open? You have to have one open for
Tools Options to be available.

Bear

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The maximum in versions up through Word 2003 is 9. Word 2007 allows many
more (as many as can be displayed on the screen) and also allows you to
"pin" some files to be retained until they are unpinned (this functionality
is evidently intended as a replacement for the very useful Work menu, which
no longer exists in Word 2007).

--
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.

"Angus" wrote in message
...
I opened a document, as you suggested, and then was able to increase my
number of "Recently used File list" to 9 (maximum). Your very fast and
great
help is very much appreciated; Thank you.

Do you know if there is a way to go beyond "9" (current maximum)?
I would like to extend that number to 20.

Angus


"Bear" wrote:

Angus:

Do you have a document (any document) open? You have to have one open
for
Tools Options to be available.

Bear

[AR]

Hello,

I looked for this 'very useful Work menu' but can't find it. I too would
like to see more than 9 files inthe MRU list but not at the cost of any
useful things. Care to explain what is this Work menu in Word?

Thanks,

AR

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The maximum in versions up through Word 2003 is 9. Word 2007 allows many
more (as many as can be displayed on the screen) and also allows you to
"pin" some files to be retained until they are unpinned (this functionality
is evidently intended as a replacement for the very useful Work menu, which
no longer exists in Word 2007).

--
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.

"Angus" wrote in message
...
I opened a document, as you suggested, and then was able to increase my
number of "Recently used File list" to 9 (maximum). Your very fast and
great
help is very much appreciated; Thank you.

Do you know if there is a way to go beyond "9" (current maximum)?
I would like to extend that number to 20.

Angus


"Bear" wrote:

Angus:

Do you have a document (any document) open? You have to have one open
for
Tools Options to be available.

Bear

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The Work menu serves a slightly different purpose, as it can hold up to nine
files that you use frequently but that aren't necessarily the most recently
used. There are full instructions at
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm, which is inaccessible at the
moment, but the basic idea is that you open Tools | Customize, select the
"Built-in Menus" category on the Commands tab, select the Work menu from the
bottom of the Commands list, and drag it to your menu bar.

To begin with, the Work menu includes only the option to Add to Work Menu.
When you click on that, the document you currently have open will be added,
up to nine. If you add a tenth document, the first one added will be bumped
off.

To remove a specific document from the menu, press Ctrl+Alt+Hyphen and click
on the desired file.

The Work menu no longer exists in Word 2007 (since there is no menu bar),
but the Office Button menu can hold many more files, and you can "pin" as
many as you like to keep them on the menu even when they're not recent.

--
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.

"AR" wrote in message
...
Hello,

I looked for this 'very useful Work menu' but can't find it. I too would
like to see more than 9 files inthe MRU list but not at the cost of any
useful things. Care to explain what is this Work menu in Word?

Thanks,

AR

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The maximum in versions up through Word 2003 is 9. Word 2007 allows many
more (as many as can be displayed on the screen) and also allows you to
"pin" some files to be retained until they are unpinned (this
functionality
is evidently intended as a replacement for the very useful Work menu,
which
no longer exists in Word 2007).

--
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.

"Angus" wrote in message
...
I opened a document, as you suggested, and then was able to increase
my
number of "Recently used File list" to 9 (maximum). Your very fast
and
great
help is very much appreciated; Thank you.

Do you know if there is a way to go beyond "9" (current maximum)?
I would like to extend that number to 20.

Angus


"Bear" wrote:

Angus:

Do you have a document (any document) open? You have to have one
open
for
Tools Options to be available.

Bear