Recently used file in Mac Office Word

[Grant Ho]

Is there any way to display the full pathname for recently used files under
the "File" menu in Mac Office Word?

In other words, I have 3 recently used files all called "blah.doc", but
would like to pick them based on their full pathname.

Thanks!

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

Is there any way to display the full pathname for recently used files under
the "File" menu in Mac Office Word?

In other words, I have 3 recently used files all called "blah.doc", but
would like to pick them based on their full pathname.

No. You could request that option via Feedback in the Help menu. For now, it
would be in your own interests to add an identifying locator in the document
name when (re-)saving the documents.

Alternately, open them one by one and command-click the title bar: you'll
see the full path as hierarchal folders. When you get to the one you want,
stop there.

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[John McGhie]

Yes. Upgrade to Word 2004.

The MRU list on the File menu shows the full path for the most recently used
nine files in Word 2004.

(Set Preferences>General>Most recently used files to "9" if you haven't
already).

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Is there any way to display the full pathname for recently used files under
the "File" menu in Mac Office Word?

In other words, I have 3 recently used files all called "blah.doc", but
would like to pick them based on their full pathname.

Thanks!

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me unless I ask you to.

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[Paul Berkowitz]

Yes. Upgrade to Word 2004.

The MRU list on the File menu shows the full path for the most recently used
nine files in Word 2004.

Hi, John

It seems to do that here only from the second file of the same name onwards.
The first file lists just the file name, not full path. It's not retroactive
either: the first file doesn't change to full path.

Still, this seems to be reasonably useful. If there's only one version you
don't really need full path and file name is easier to read. It would be
nice if opening the second copy changed the file name to full path for the
first copy too. I have at least one app (Script Debugger) which does this.

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[John McGhie]

Hi Paul:

The "rule" is something like "suppress the path if the file is in the
current (active) folder." Usually the first file in the list is one that is
currently open or very recently was, and it's in the directory Word is
currently treating as the current directory. So it won't show a path.

If you change the active directory to a different folder containing one of
the other files in the list, that file will lose its path instead.

On the Mac, it's a bit more difficult to tell what the "active" directory
is. On the PC, it's the directory containing the document most recently
opened, or the directory set in Preferences>File Locations if no documents
have been opened. I think on the Mac, Word does not "always" set its active
directory to the one the file most recently opened is in, depending on how
the file was opened.

Hope this helps

Hi, John

It seems to do that here only from the second file of the same name onwards.
The first file lists just the file name, not full path. It's not retroactive
either: the first file doesn't change to full path.

Still, this seems to be reasonably useful. If there's only one version you
don't really need full path and file name is easier to read. It would be
nice if opening the second copy changed the file name to full path for the
first copy too. I have at least one app (Script Debugger) which does this.

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