how to delete recent documents in "microsoft WORD BUTTON"

[MCKENZIE12]

WHEN CLICKING ON THE MICROSOFT WORD BUTTON IN THE UPPER LEFT
HAND CORNER ,IT EXPANDS TO A TWO COLUMN WINDOW. ON THE RIGHT HAND
SIDE, THE RECENT DOCUMENTS ARE SHOWN. HOW DO I DELETE THE DOCS THAT
ARE NO LONGER IN USE AND GET THEM OUT OF THE WINDOW DISPLAY?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You can't delete them selectively. You can set the number to zero to
completely clear the list, then reset it to a higher number. Or you could
open the ones that are older than the ones you want to get rid of (thus
making them newer, higher up in the list) and then set the number of files
to display to a lower number, eliminating the now-"oldest" ones.

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

 

[Graham Mayor]

No need to SHOUT!

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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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com

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[MCKENZIE12]

Sorry for shouting. Thanks for responding to my inquiry, very helpful.