After I go to the File menu and select Open, the dialog box appears.
Usually, it would list My Documents in alphabetical order starting with
folders and continuing on to documents. However, now it displays only the
files that I have most recently opened. How do I get my files to be listed
in alphabetical order again?

In the upper right corner of the dialog box, to the left of the word Tools,
is a drop down menu than should give you the choices you want.

"D Ridgway" D wrote in message
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After I go to the File menu and select Open, the dialog box appears.
Usually, it would list My Documents in alphabetical order starting with
folders and continuing on to documents. However, now it displays only the
files that I have most recently opened. How do I get my files to be
listed
in alphabetical order again?

Right-click in an open area of the window and choose Arrange Icons By
Name.

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"D Ridgway" D wrote in message
...
After I go to the File menu and select Open, the dialog box appears.
Usually, it would list My Documents in alphabetical order starting with
folders and continuing on to documents. However, now it displays only the
files that I have most recently opened. How do I get my files to be
listed
in alphabetical order again?