Entourage 2008 Excel and Word

[Bob_Whiting]

When i go to Excel or Word and select file open and all my documents show in a box-How do i delete these documents if i don't want then any longer?
Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Hi Bob--

Did you recently switch to the Mac? Welcome. This is a difference
between Mac and Windows, and it applies to all programs. You cannot
delete a file from a File | Open or File | Save dialog. Instead, you
have to switch to the Finder (the happy blue face), browse to or find
your documents in a Finder window, and move them to the trash.

MacOffice has no control over this--but you can let Apple know this is
annoying:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

 

[Ben]

Hi Bob--

Did you recently switch to the Mac? Welcome. This is a difference
between Mac and Windows, and it applies to all programs. You cannot
delete a file from a File | Open or File | Save dialog. Instead, you
have to switch to the Finder (the happy blue face), browse to or find
your documents in a Finder window, and move them to the trash.

MacOffice has no control over this--but you can let Apple know this is
annoying:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

On the other hand he may just be asking how to clear the 'recently
opened' file list in Office ?? anyone know?
Ben.

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

On the other hand he may just be asking how to clear the 'recently
opened' file list in Office ?? anyone know?
Ben.

Bob's question was pretty clear about what he did and what he wanted to
do, even if he didn't use technical terms--wish everyone would be that
precise.

Are you using 2008? There's a "clear recent" command at the bottom of
the Open Recent menu.