[I S Gone]

How do I clear the recent documents list from the drop down menu in Microsoft
Word 2007? I wand to be able to delete documents from the list but not
delete the document from its folder.

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

You can clear the entire list by setting the number of recent documents to 0
(Office button - Word Options - Advanced - in the Display section, set "Show
this number of Recent Documents:" to 0.

To remove individual documents, you'd need to edit the registry. The MRU
list is he

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\W ord\File MRU

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"I S Gone" wrote in message
...
How do I clear the recent documents list from the drop down menu in
Microsoft
Word 2007? I wand to be able to delete documents from the list but not
delete the document from its folder.

[Graham Mayor]

In addition to Herb's comments: You can use the following macro which will
reset the list to your preset preferred number of displayed documents:

Sub ClearMRU
Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True
listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum
RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
or to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


I S Gone wrote:
How do I clear the recent documents list from the drop down menu in
Microsoft Word 2007? I wand to be able to delete documents from the
list but not delete the document from its folder.

[I S Gone]

Thanks so much for your help. I really didn't know that feature existed.

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

You can clear the entire list by setting the number of recent documents to 0
(Office button - Word Options - Advanced - in the Display section, set "Show
this number of Recent Documents:" to 0.

To remove individual documents, you'd need to edit the registry. The MRU
list is he

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\W ord\File MRU

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"I S Gone" wrote in message
...
How do I clear the recent documents list from the drop down menu in
Microsoft
Word 2007? I wand to be able to delete documents from the list but not
delete the document from its folder.

[I S Gone]

Thanks for your help. I just might look into macros in the future. Herb's
coments did the trick.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

In addition to Herb's comments: You can use the following macro which will
reset the list to your preset preferred number of displayed documents:

Sub ClearMRU
Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True
listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum
RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
or to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


I S Gone wrote:
How do I clear the recent documents list from the drop down menu in
Microsoft Word 2007? I wand to be able to delete documents from the
list but not delete the document from its folder.

[Knightrock]

Where do you put the macro?

"I S Gone" wrote:

Thanks for your help. I just might look into macros in the future. Herb's
coments did the trick.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

In addition to Herb's comments: You can use the following macro which will
reset the list to your preset preferred number of displayed documents:

Sub ClearMRU
Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True
listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum
RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
or to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


I S Gone wrote:
How do I clear the recent documents list from the drop down menu in
Microsoft Word 2007? I wand to be able to delete documents from the
list but not delete the document from its folder.

[Greg Maxey]

See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Knightrock wrote:
Where do you put the macro?

"I S Gone" wrote:

Thanks for your help. I just might look into macros in the future.
Herb's coments did the trick.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

In addition to Herb's comments: You can use the following macro
which will reset the list to your preset preferred number of
displayed documents:

Sub ClearMRU
Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True
listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum
RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
or to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


I S Gone wrote:
How do I clear the recent documents list from the drop down menu in
Microsoft Word 2007? I wand to be able to delete documents from
the list but not delete the document from its folder.

[Knightrock[_2_]]

Herb's suggestion worked. I'm still studying the macro thing, i.e. how to
insert a macro and where.

"Greg Maxey" wrote:

See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.


Knightrock wrote:
Where do you put the macro?

"I S Gone" wrote:

Thanks for your help. I just might look into macros in the future.
Herb's coments did the trick.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

In addition to Herb's comments: You can use the following macro
which will reset the list to your preset preferred number of
displayed documents:

Sub ClearMRU
Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True
listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum
RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
or to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


I S Gone wrote:
How do I clear the recent documents list from the drop down menu in
Microsoft Word 2007? I wand to be able to delete documents from
the list but not delete the document from its folder.