getting "File name" list

[Larry Smith]

Hi,
For a number of years I used Word 97.
When I hit File --> Open and got the box which had "File Name" near
the bottom I could hit the button on the right and a list of recently
and often used folders would be listed. This allowed me to usually
quickly find the file that I wanted to open.

About a month ago I upgraded to Word 2002. Now when I go File -->
Open that "File name" box never shows any recently used folders when I
hit the button.
Has this feature changed? Or is there a setting in OPTIONS or
somewhere else that I must alter.

TIA

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

It's possible that feature has been moved to the History ("My Recent
Documents" on the Places Bar), though I find the presence or absence of
folders and files in that list quite puzzling.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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