How can I delete multiple files from recent documents?

I would like to select a number of Word files in recent documents and delete
them all without the need to delete each one individually. I have tried to
right click and left click with the intention of using the ctrl and/or shift
keys to delete numerous files. However, each attempt simply opens the first
file. Is there any to accomplish what I described?

I am using Office 2012 and Win 7.

Thanks,
MaryL

 

There is no Office 2012. Please tell us which version you actually have.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MaryL" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I would like to select a number of Word files in recent documents and
>delete them all without the need to delete each one individually. I have
>tried to right click and left click with the intention of using the ctrl
>and/or shift keys to delete numerous files. However, each attempt simply
>opens the first file. Is there any to accomplish what I described?
>
> I am using Office 2012 and Win 7.
>
> Thanks,
> MaryL
>

 

Ooops! It is Office 2010.

MaryL


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message news:jsg3bd$bc8$...

There is no Office 2012. Please tell us which version you actually have.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MaryL" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I would like to select a number of Word files in recent documents and
>delete them all without the need to delete each one individually. I have
>tried to right click and left click with the intention of using the ctrl
>and/or shift keys to delete numerous files. However, each attempt simply
>opens the first file. Is there any to accomplish what I described?
>
> I am using Office 2012 and Win 7.
>
> Thanks,
> MaryL
>

 

Count yourself lucky that you can actually even delete files from the MRU
list with a right-click (this isn't possible in Word 2007 or previous
versions). It is not, AFAIK, possible to delete multiple files this way. But
see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_pages/recently_used_file_list_editor_addin.html
for an add-in that will do what you want.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"MaryL" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ooops! It is Office 2010.
>
> MaryL
>
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message news:jsg3bd$bc8$...
> There is no Office 2012. Please tell us which version you actually have.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "MaryL" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I would like to select a number of Word files in recent documents and
>>delete them all without the need to delete each one individually. I have
>>tried to right click and left click with the intention of using the ctrl
>>and/or shift keys to delete numerous files. However, each attempt simply
>>opens the first file. Is there any to accomplish what I described?
>>
>> I am using Office 2012 and Win 7.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> MaryL
>>
>