When you want to open a recent document, you can easily go to Word's recent documents list. It's an easy way to manage the documents you’re currently working on. However, most users fail to take full advantage of it. Here you will be shared with a few ways to fully use this function.
Fats open recent Word documents:
In Office 2010, click the File menu and click Recent in the left pane.
In Office 2007, click the Office button to display the recent documents.
In Word 2003, click the File menu, which lists the four most recently saved documents at the bottom.
Fats open recent Word documents:
In Office 2010, click the File menu and click Recent in the left pane.
In Office 2007, click the Office button to display the recent documents.
In Word 2003, click the File menu, which lists the four most recently saved documents at the bottom.
Word 2010 will list the most 17(by default) used files and locations. Not only does this list supply easy access to your most recent documents, it’s a great way to find a lost document. If you save documents to wrong folder, this page can help you find them quickly.
Here you can easily open a document by clicking it and remove a document byright-clicking it and choosing "Remove From List" . If you’re using Word Web Apps, you may see many versions of the same file. Be sure to compare the paths to make sure you open the correct file.
Pinning a document to the list makes it a permanent item in the list. This gains you quick access to the documents you use frequently - just pin them to the list! Word 2003 doesn’t have a comparable option, but you can use the Work menu.
You can control the number of files listed, as follows:
1. Click the File tab and choose Options (under Help) in the left pane. (In Word 2007, click the Office button, and then click Word Options. In Word 2003, choose Options from the Tools menu and skip to step 3.)
2. Select "Advanced" in the left pane.
3. In the Display section, enter the appropriate number in the Show This Number Of Recent Documents option. If you choose 0, you disable the feature and Word will remove all items from the list. In Word 2003, click the General tab (you can increase the list to 9).
4. Click OK.
Here you can easily open a document by clicking it and remove a document byright-clicking it and choosing "Remove From List" . If you’re using Word Web Apps, you may see many versions of the same file. Be sure to compare the paths to make sure you open the correct file.
Pinning a document to the list makes it a permanent item in the list. This gains you quick access to the documents you use frequently - just pin them to the list! Word 2003 doesn’t have a comparable option, but you can use the Work menu.
You can control the number of files listed, as follows:
1. Click the File tab and choose Options (under Help) in the left pane. (In Word 2007, click the Office button, and then click Word Options. In Word 2003, choose Options from the Tools menu and skip to step 3.)
2. Select "Advanced" in the left pane.
3. In the Display section, enter the appropriate number in the Show This Number Of Recent Documents option. If you choose 0, you disable the feature and Word will remove all items from the list. In Word 2003, click the General tab (you can increase the list to 9).
4. Click OK.
If you most of the time work on the same document, you can bypass repetitive steps by opening that file immediately upon launching Word, as follows:
1. Press [Alt]+[F11] to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).
2. Find the Normal project in the Project Explorer (the left). If it isn’t visible, display it by selecting it from the View menu.
3. Choose Module from the Insert menu.
4. Enter the code shown below.
5. Click Save Normal on the toolbar and return to your document.
Sub AutoExec()
'Open most recently used file automatically.
Application.RecentFiles(1).Open
End Sub
1. Press [Alt]+[F11] to open the Visual Basic Editor (VBE).
2. Find the Normal project in the Project Explorer (the left). If it isn’t visible, display it by selecting it from the View menu.
3. Choose Module from the Insert menu.
4. Enter the code shown below.
5. Click Save Normal on the toolbar and return to your document.
Sub AutoExec()
'Open most recently used file automatically.
Application.RecentFiles(1).Open
End Sub
Once the macro is added to the Normal temple, Word will automatically open the last document that you saved, when you launch Word. The RecentFiles object represents the collection of most recently used files - the one Word displays in the Recent Documents list. Each item on that list has an index value (an integer). The most recently saved file is always 1. The second most recently saved file is 2, and so on.
However, none of this information is rocket science, most users are't taking advantage of this feature. How about you?
However, none of this information is rocket science, most users are't taking advantage of this feature. How about you?