One really nice feature which was added in Office 2007 is the ability to make certain files in your recently opened document list ‘sticky’ so that they always appear in the list. This is really easy to do:
- In the respective application (Word, Excel, etc.), click on the Office icon in the upper left.
- In the ‘Recent Documents’ listing, note the push pin next to each item.
- Click the push pin for each item you want to make stick on the list. When you select the item to be sticky, the icon will change to indicate this.
- Now whenever you open the Recent Documents list, the sticky files will always be there. The order will shuffle according to other documents you may have opened, but the sticky files will not be removed.
- To unstick a file, simply click the push pin again.
This feature is great for making sure you have easy access to the files you use most often and can help you avoid cluttering up your desktop with shortcuts. Office 2007 users definitely should take advantage of this.
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Thanks Dave for this tip. As Office is really a very “complete” suite it is very fine to discover things. Could I suggest you to continue on this?
One more thing. Congratulations for being such a professional person. I have been following you for long time but only recently I have decided to dive deeper in Blogging. I am working very hard, just like you. Congratulations again!
Bruno from Milan Italy
Dave is in the Caribbean, Rich probably doesn’t even use Office (I think he’s an Open Office guy) and Jason’s name is clearly written underneath the title.
Jason, perhaps you should be like Rich and change your name to ‘Also, *NOT* Dave’
I get referred to as Rich quite a bit as well… I should just go by ‘the *other* guy’.
Sorry Jason.
Could you tell me your e-mail?
tks
Bruno
No worries.
I don’t post my email. If you want to send me a message, you can send me a private message through the forums. My forum name is ‘faulkner132′.
Thanks, Jason.
Be informed that I do appreciate your tips.
Bruno
I appreciate that Bruno.
People are quick to jump on you when you type ‘form’ instead of ‘from’, but few people ever say thank you.