delete recent document list

[sheri]

I have vista and word 2007. When you open the recent document list how do you
remove idems on this list? The docs are no longer there but the list is.
Thanks

 

[Polaris]

Office Btn. -->Word Options Btn. Select Advanced in the left pane. Scroll
down to the Display section. The show this number of recent documents default
value is 17. Change it to 0 and click OK. The list of recent documents should
be cleared. In order to have subsequent documents appear on the recent
document list, you will have to go back and set in a number other than zero.

 

[Graham Mayor]

The list is stored in the registry at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12\Word\FileMRU, from where you
can delete individual entries
or
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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[Polaris]

Thanks Graham,

I always appreciate the extra info. I will definitely file it for future
reference.