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expanded Recently Used lists
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 |
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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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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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Try WordToys (www.wordtoys.com), which has an unlimited
history list of Word docs. -----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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I just wanted a much more powerful and flexible way of
accessing recently used documents. There's a utility called TaskTracker that has recently used files organized by filetypes. The Word list has a list much longer than the last nine documents. Http://tasktracker.wordwisesolutions.com/ I've been using it for a year or so. Not perfect, but handy. Andy |
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Thanks, I'll check these out.
Larry Andy wrote: I just wanted a much more powerful and flexible way of accessing recently used documents. There's a utility called TaskTracker that has recently used files organized by filetypes. The Word list has a list much longer than the last nine documents. Http://tasktracker.wordwisesolutions.com/ I've been using it for a year or so. Not perfect, but handy. Andy |
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