Office 2003 recently used file list

Back to OutofhoursAdmin. Previous Next. Below is a quick guide on how to do this click on the images to enlarge … MS Office If you are using the version, click on Tools, select Options, click into the General tab, change the number for the Recently used file list, and click OK… Microsoft Office If you are using the version, click on the Microsoft Office Button, select Options, click on Advanced from the menu on the left, scroll down to the Display section, change the number of the Recent Documents and click OK… Microsoft Office If you are using the version, click on File, select Options, click on Advanced from the menu on the left, and again scroll down to the Display section, change the number of the Recent Documents and click OK.

Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. Please advise. Thank you glemel. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread.

I have the same question 8. Thanks for any response. I also deleted Normal. Roger at CCCC ,. Roger, Try here HTH B Roger, Ignore my first suggestion I tried a couple of different freeware utilities but none of them seemed to take care of Word's mru. This is kind of a pain but Then in Word go to Tools, Options, click the General tab, remove the check from the "recently used" setting, click OK.

I you turn the recently used list back on it's empty. In the Display area, click to select the number of files in the Show this number of Recent Documentslist. To modify the registry key and to clear the most recently used files list in a program in Office, follow these steps. This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry.

However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, see How to back up and restore the registry in Windows. In the Open Find subkey, locate the program for which you want to clear the most recently used files list. In each program subkey, you find another subkey that is named Settings.

In that subkey, you find several additional subkeys. Each of these subkeys contains a most recently used files list.