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MacXL: Excel Documents May Not Appear in Recent Documents List

Article ID: 189414

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Excel 2001 for Mac
Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q189414

SYMPTOMS

When you click Recent Documents on the Apple menu, Microsoft Excel documents may not appear in the list.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you use the versions of Microsoft Excel listed at the beginning of this article and Apple System Software version 7.5.3 or later.

WORKAROUND

To add a Microsoft Excel document to the Recent Documents list, follow these steps for each file that you want to list:

Select the file that you want to add to the Recent Documents list.
On the File menu, click Make Alias.

The file name will contain the word "alias" at the end of it.
Move the alias to the following folder:
System Folder:Apple Menu Items:Recent Documents
Rename the alias to its original name (remove the word "alias" from the end).

If you click Recent Documents on the Apple menu, the file name should now be listed.

MORE INFORMATION

The Recent Documents menu item on the Apple menu is controlled by the Apple Menu Options control panel. Through this control panel, you can choose the number of files that appear in the Recent Documents list. You can move an alias directly to the Recent Documents folder, but if there are more files in this folder than are specified in the control panel, the document that you added may not appear on the list.

Apple System software is manufactured by Apple Computer, Inc., a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

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