I recently installed MS Office 2016 for Mac on a laptop running Yosemite 10.10.5, recently opened documents do not show in the Recent section when i open MS office. If i leave MS office running i see it them but as soon as i close MS office and reopen it the 'links' to the recent documents.
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- Apr 27, 2019 I must have deleted 100 files on word and the total has not changed. When I select All under recent documents in Word, on the right side the files I deleted display by name but look like a box drawn with a dotted line. In other words they are empty. Is there anyway to remove them form the all list and from displaying there.
- For example, if you want to remove the Example.doc file, just enter Example in the search field. Only Documents will remain in the list. Click the triangle next to Documents and you’ll see a.
- AutoSave is a different feature which automatically saves your file as you work - just like if you save the file manually - so that you don't have to worry about saving on the go. On the Mac, AutoSave is available in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for Microsoft 365 for Mac subscribers. When AutoSave is turned on AutoRecover files are rarely needed.
Word on my Mac doesn’t have a recently opened files list but Excel does. Turns out the feature was disabled (or perhaps it was never enabled). Whatever the reason, it wasn’t there and I wanted it to be accessible.
Lucky for me it is just a preference setting. Click the Word button, click Preferences and then General. Look for the Track Recently Opened Documents option and enable it. Set the number of documents to track and click Ok. Yeah! Now you can open a recently opened file like you expect to be able to do.
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When using Office 2016 to view or edit a Word/Excel/PowerPoint document, you will find it usually shows a list of recently accessed documents. The list can help you quickly open your recently used documents. However, sometimes when you share a computer with someone else, you may not want your critical documents to be seen or accessed by that person. Luckily, Microsoft Office app comes with the feature allowing you to clear or disable recent documents in Word/Excel/PowerPoint. Now, this page will show you how to clear or disable recent documents in Word/Excel 2016 app.
Option 1: Clear your recent documents in Word/Excel 2016
Step 1: Start any one Office 2016 app, such as Word.
Step 2: On the left side of the window, you will see a list of recently accessed Word document on your computer. Right-click on any one document, and then select Clear unpinned Documents.
Step 3: Click Yes to confirm the dialog as shown below. Then your recently opened Word document will be removed from the list.
Option 2: Disable recent documents list in Word/Excel 2016
Following take Word 2016 app as an example.
Step 1: Use Word 2016 app to open any one Word document.
Step 2: Click File -> Options.
How To Clear Recent Documents In Word 2016 Mac
Step 3: In the Word Options dialog, select the Advanced tab, and scroll down to locate the Display section. Generally, it shows 25 recent items by default. To disable showing recent documents list, delete the value '25' and type '0' in the box behind Show this number of Recent Documents, and then click OK to confirm. This action will not only clear your recent Word documents but also permanently disable the Recent Documents list showing in Word 2016.
Warm Tips: In order to prevent others from accessing your recently used Office document, it’s actually not enough to only clear or disable Recent Documents list in Word/Excel/PowerPoint app because your recent documents also can show up in Recent files in Windows File Explorer.
Hence, you also need to clear the documents from the Recent files list. Or you can disable Quick Access in File Explorer if you are using Windows 10.
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