Clearing recent documents list Word 2007

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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.
 
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 here:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\File MRU
 
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

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Thanks for your help. I just might look into macros in the future. Herb's
coments did the trick.
 
Herb's suggestion worked. I'm still studying the macro thing, i.e. how to
insert a macro and where.
 
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