Project Gallery

[john.e.palmer]

How does Project Gallery (PG) "know" what files you've opened?

I noticed that PG's list is not the same as the list of files under
Files. I think that it is because some of the files were opened from
either Finder or Spotlight and some were opened from the office
program's File/Open command and only the latter are included in PG's
list.

Is that correct? If so, is there a way to have PG track all of the
opened files, not just those open from within the program?

Alternatively, is there another way to track what files Excel or Word
have recently opened so I can select from a list? I work with a lot
of files from different projects that are in different sub/sub/sub/sub/
subdirectories and I find recently opened lists an easier way to find
and open the files I want.

Thanks.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

How does Project Gallery (PG) "know" what files you've opened?

I noticed that PG's list is not the same as the list of files under
Files. I think that it is because some of the files were opened from
either Finder or Spotlight and some were opened from the office
program's File/Open command and only the latter are included in PG's
list.

Is that correct? If so, is there a way to have PG track all of the
opened files, not just those open from within the program?

Alternatively, is there another way to track what files Excel or Word
have recently opened so I can select from a list? I work with a lot
of files from different projects that are in different sub/sub/sub/sub/
subdirectories and I find recently opened lists an easier way to find
and open the files I want.

Thanks.

Hmmm...

I rarely use the PG recent files list, but in Leopard (OSX 10.5.1), at
least, opening from File/Open, the PG, Finder or Spotlight cause the
files to appear on both the MRU List (under the File menu) and in the
Recent pane of the PG.

I remember it *not* working that way, but I don't recall which
version(s) of OSX and Office that was.

Having said that - the PG MRU is stored in the

~:Libraryreferences:Microsoft:com.microsoft.Office.prefs.plist

file (where ~ is your home directory), while XL's MRU list is stored in

~:Libraryreferences:Microsoft:com.microsoft.Excel.prefs.plist

and the two lists aren't synchronized.

 

[john.e.palmer]

Hmmm...

I rarely use the PG recent files list, but in Leopard (OSX 10.5.1), at
least, opening from File/Open, the PG, Finder or Spotlight cause the
files to appear on both the MRU List (under the File menu) and in the
Recent pane of the PG.

I remember it *not* working that way, but I don't recall which
version(s) of OSX and Office that was.

Having said that - the PG MRU is stored in the

~:Libraryreferences:Microsoft:com.microsoft.Office.prefs.plist

file (where ~ is your home directory), while XL's MRU list is stored in

~:Libraryreferences:Microsoft:com.microsoft.Excel.prefs.plist

and the two lists aren't synchronized.

Thanks.
I'm using Leopard 10.5.1, so that shouldn't be an issue(?). I'm also
using PathFInder from Cocoatech instead of Finder. I'll play around
with it some more and see if there is a difference between Finder and
PathFinder.