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How do I remove a document from the Recent Documents list?
I am currently using Office 2007 and I don't know how I can remove a document
from the Recent Documents list. Could someone help me with this? Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! |
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How do I remove a document from the Recent Documents list?
I'm not sure if this still works (this worked in the beta but it doesn't
work on my laptop - which I got after the beta so I'm not sure) but it's easy to try: - Press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen Your mouse pointer will look like a bold hyphen - Click the Microsoft Office Button, then click the document you want to remove If your cursor doesn't change to a bold hyphen then they removed this ability. I believe think they did because I can run the command in VBA and it doesn't work there either. :-( The only other way is to delete it in the Registry. Here's where they are stored: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\W ord\File MRU Right-click the value you want to remove and then click Delete. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "GentleMoonlight" wrote in message ... I am currently using Office 2007 and I don't know how I can remove a document from the Recent Documents list. Could someone help me with this? Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! |
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How do I remove a document from the Recent Documents list?
The "destructive cursor" Alt+Ctrl+hyphen is not in the retail (RTM
version. Considering the amount of damage you could do with it (http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm), I think on balance that was a good decision. Further to the method of deleting an MRU entry in the registry, I believe the change doesn't appear in Word until you restart the program -- at least, that's what I see. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:39:39 -0500, "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure if this still works (this worked in the beta but it doesn't work on my laptop - which I got after the beta so I'm not sure) but it's easy to try: - Press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen Your mouse pointer will look like a bold hyphen - Click the Microsoft Office Button, then click the document you want to remove If your cursor doesn't change to a bold hyphen then they removed this ability. I believe think they did because I can run the command in VBA and it doesn't work there either. :-( The only other way is to delete it in the Registry. Here's where they are stored: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\ Word\File MRU Right-click the value you want to remove and then click Delete. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "GentleMoonlight" wrote in message ... I am currently using Office 2007 and I don't know how I can remove a document from the Recent Documents list. Could someone help me with this? Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! |
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How do I remove a document from the Recent Documents list?
Thanks for the confirmation, Jay, that's what I thought. But I don't think
removing it was necessary - it would only remove files in the MRU list, not any other commands (at least that's what I found when I tried it on the beta versions. I think the decision came down to making sure the functionality was the same in all versions. And yes, thanks for the correction. :-) I forgot to add that you should exit Word prior to editing the Registry since the MRU list is created when Word starts - new entries are added and are visible but not the manual edits. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... The "destructive cursor" Alt+Ctrl+hyphen is not in the retail (RTM version. Considering the amount of damage you could do with it (http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm), I think on balance that was a good decision. Further to the method of deleting an MRU entry in the registry, I believe the change doesn't appear in Word until you restart the program -- at least, that's what I see. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:39:39 -0500, "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure if this still works (this worked in the beta but it doesn't work on my laptop - which I got after the beta so I'm not sure) but it's easy to try: - Press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen Your mouse pointer will look like a bold hyphen - Click the Microsoft Office Button, then click the document you want to remove If your cursor doesn't change to a bold hyphen then they removed this ability. I believe think they did because I can run the command in VBA and it doesn't work there either. :-( The only other way is to delete it in the Registry. Here's where they are stored: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0 \Word\File MRU Right-click the value you want to remove and then click Delete. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "GentleMoonlight" wrote in message ... I am currently using Office 2007 and I don't know how I can remove a document from the Recent Documents list. Could someone help me with this? Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! |
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How do I remove a document from the Recent Documents list?
"Beth Melton" wrote: Thanks for the confirmation, Jay, that's what I thought. But I don't think removing it was necessary - it would only remove files in the MRU list, not any other commands (at least that's what I found when I tried it on the beta versions. I think the decision came down to making sure the functionality was the same in all versions. And yes, thanks for the correction. :-) I forgot to add that you should exit Word prior to editing the Registry since the MRU list is created when Word starts - new entries are added and are visible but not the manual edits. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... The "destructive cursor" Alt+Ctrl+hyphen is not in the retail (RTM version. Considering the amount of damage you could do with it (http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm), I think on balance that was a good decision. Further to the method of deleting an MRU entry in the registry, I believe the change doesn't appear in Word until you restart the program -- at least, that's what I see. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:39:39 -0500, "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure if this still works (this worked in the beta but it doesn't work on my laptop - which I got after the beta so I'm not sure) but it's easy to try: - Press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen Your mouse pointer will look like a bold hyphen - Click the Microsoft Office Button, then click the document you want to remove If your cursor doesn't change to a bold hyphen then they removed this ability. I believe think they did because I can run the command in VBA and it doesn't work there either. :-( The only other way is to delete it in the Registry. Here's where they are stored: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0 \Word\File MRU Right-click the value you want to remove and then click Delete. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "GentleMoonlight" wrote in message ... I am currently using Office 2007 and I don't know how I can remove a document from the Recent Documents list. Could someone help me with this? Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! |
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How do I remove a document from the Recent Documents list?
"Beth Melton" wrote: Thanks for the confirmation, Jay, that's what I thought. But I don't think removing it was necessary - it would only remove files in the MRU list, not any other commands (at least that's what I found when I tried it on the beta versions. I think the decision came down to making sure the functionality was the same in all versions. And yes, thanks for the correction. :-) I forgot to add that you should exit Word prior to editing the Registry since the MRU list is created when Word starts - new entries are added and are visible but not the manual edits. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... The "destructive cursor" Alt+Ctrl+hyphen is not in the retail (RTM version. Considering the amount of damage you could do with it (http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm), I think on balance that was a good decision. Further to the method of deleting an MRU entry in the registry, I believe the change doesn't appear in Word until you restart the program -- at least, that's what I see. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:39:39 -0500, "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure if this still works (this worked in the beta but it doesn't work on my laptop - which I got after the beta so I'm not sure) but it's easy to try: - Press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen Your mouse pointer will look like a bold hyphen - Click the Microsoft Office Button, then click the document you want to remove If your cursor doesn't change to a bold hyphen then they removed this ability. I believe think they did because I can run the command in VBA and it doesn't work there either. :-( The only other way is to delete it in the Registry. Here's where they are stored: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0 \Word\File MRU Right-click the value you want to remove and then click Delete. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "GentleMoonlight" wrote in message ... I am currently using Office 2007 and I don't know how I can remove a document from the Recent Documents list. Could someone help me with this? Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! How do I access the registry? |
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How do I remove a document from the Recent Documents list?
"officewkr" wrote: "Beth Melton" wrote: Thanks for the confirmation, Jay, that's what I thought. But I don't think removing it was necessary - it would only remove files in the MRU list, not any other commands (at least that's what I found when I tried it on the beta versions. I think the decision came down to making sure the functionality was the same in all versions. And yes, thanks for the correction. :-) I forgot to add that you should exit Word prior to editing the Registry since the MRU list is created when Word starts - new entries are added and are visible but not the manual edits. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... The "destructive cursor" Alt+Ctrl+hyphen is not in the retail (RTM version. Considering the amount of damage you could do with it (http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm), I think on balance that was a good decision. Further to the method of deleting an MRU entry in the registry, I believe the change doesn't appear in Word until you restart the program -- at least, that's what I see. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:39:39 -0500, "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure if this still works (this worked in the beta but it doesn't work on my laptop - which I got after the beta so I'm not sure) but it's easy to try: - Press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen Your mouse pointer will look like a bold hyphen - Click the Microsoft Office Button, then click the document you want to remove If your cursor doesn't change to a bold hyphen then they removed this ability. I believe think they did because I can run the command in VBA and it doesn't work there either. :-( The only other way is to delete it in the Registry. Here's where they are stored: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0 \Word\File MRU Right-click the value you want to remove and then click Delete. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "GentleMoonlight" wrote in message ... I am currently using Office 2007 and I don't know how I can remove a document from the Recent Documents list. Could someone help me with this? Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! How do I access the registry? |
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How do I remove a document from the Recent Documents list?
If your question is "How do I access the registry?", then my response has to
be "If you don't know, then you really shouldn't try." Fiddling in the registry is NOT something to be done by those who don't know what they are doing. You can royally muck up your computer by changing things that should not be changed. -- JoAnn Paules Microsoft MVP - Publisher How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 "officewkr" wrote in message ... "Beth Melton" wrote: Thanks for the confirmation, Jay, that's what I thought. But I don't think removing it was necessary - it would only remove files in the MRU list, not any other commands (at least that's what I found when I tried it on the beta versions. I think the decision came down to making sure the functionality was the same in all versions. And yes, thanks for the correction. :-) I forgot to add that you should exit Word prior to editing the Registry since the MRU list is created when Word starts - new entries are added and are visible but not the manual edits. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Jay Freedman" wrote in message ... The "destructive cursor" Alt+Ctrl+hyphen is not in the retail (RTM version. Considering the amount of damage you could do with it (http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/LostSymbol.htm), I think on balance that was a good decision. Further to the method of deleting an MRU entry in the registry, I believe the change doesn't appear in Word until you restart the program -- at least, that's what I see. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Sat, 7 Apr 2007 11:39:39 -0500, "Beth Melton" wrote: I'm not sure if this still works (this worked in the beta but it doesn't work on my laptop - which I got after the beta so I'm not sure) but it's easy to try: - Press Alt+Ctrl+Hyphen Your mouse pointer will look like a bold hyphen - Click the Microsoft Office Button, then click the document you want to remove If your cursor doesn't change to a bold hyphen then they removed this ability. I believe think they did because I can run the command in VBA and it doesn't work there either. :-( The only other way is to delete it in the Registry. Here's where they are stored: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0 \Word\File MRU Right-click the value you want to remove and then click Delete. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "GentleMoonlight" wrote in message ... I am currently using Office 2007 and I don't know how I can remove a document from the Recent Documents list. Could someone help me with this? Thank you for your time. Have a nice day! How do I access the registry? |
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