Cannot delete document in Word 2007

I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They
all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word instructions
and they don't work.
Virginia

I assume that you mean the recent file list seen when you click the pizza
button? These are not documents but links to documents. If the documents
themselves are removed the links will not work, but will remain in the list.

The list is stored in the registry at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12\Wor d\FileMRU, from where you
can delete individual entries
or
You can use the following macro which will reset the list to your preset
preferred number of displayed documents:

Sub ClearMRU
Application.DisplayRecentFiles = True
listsize = RecentFiles.Maximum
RecentFiles.Maximum = 0
RecentFiles.Maximum = listsize
End Sub

See http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm
or to edit the list see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org



"Virginia" wrote in message
...
I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They
all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word
instructions
and they don't work.
Virginia

The pin indicates that they have been "pinned" to the MRU list to be
permanent. There should be a way to unpin them (try clicking on the tack
icon).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Virginia" wrote in message
...
I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They
all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word
instructions
and they don't work.
Virginia

"Virginia" wrote:

I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They
all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word instructions
and they don't work.
Virginia

I do not want these documents to stay in the links. I want them deleted.
I am not using them anymore. I used Word Perfect for years and when you
decide you don't need a doument anymore you can delete it. Are you telling
me that I can never delete any documents that they willl stay there?

"Virginia" wrote:

I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They
all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word instructions
and they don't work.
Virginia

I tried clicking the pin and it changes to a round circle but still doesn't
delete the document.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The pin indicates that they have been "pinned" to the MRU list to be
permanent. There should be a way to unpin them (try clicking on the tack
icon).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Virginia" wrote in message
...
I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them. They
all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word
instructions
and they don't work.
Virginia

In that case, they are still among the most recently used and will gradually
be supplanted both other documents you open. In previous versions, you could
set the MRU number to zero and then back to nine, and the old entries would
be gone. My understanding is that in 2007 that's not possible through the
UI, but Greg Maxey offers an add-in for this purpose at
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Recent_Files_List_Editor.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Virginia" wrote in message
...
I tried clicking the pin and it changes to a round circle but still doesn't
delete the document.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The pin indicates that they have been "pinned" to the MRU list to be
permanent. There should be a way to unpin them (try clicking on the tack
icon).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Virginia" wrote in message
...
I have about 10 documents in Word 2007 and cannot delete any of them.
They
all have a stick pin on the right hand side. I have read Word
instructions
and they don't work.
Virginia

Hi Virginia,

Unfortuntately the deletion cursor used in prior versions that could take off entries didn't work right in Word 2007 and was
basically disabled by Microsoft.

At present the three basic ways to delete entries on the Recent document list in Word 2007 under the Office Button a

1. Reset the list size to zero in Word's Options
[File Button=Word Options] or (Alt, T, O, A)
and scroll down in the 'Advanced' settings to the 'Display'
category and change the
'Show this Number of Recent Documents'
setting to zero to remove all entries.

2. Delete the specific registry entry for that item either manually

Start=Run
Regedit
and navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT USER
Software
Microsoft
Office
12.0
Word
File MRU
locate the file name you want removed, right click on the
'Item #' and delete the particular file name then restart Word.
or do the above with a Word macro. [Unfortunately I don't recall seeing a macro similar to Word 2003's support.dot template form
driven macro for setting registry options, that would make this a bit simpler]

3. Wait/ignore that particular item until it drops off of the list as its replaced by a newer entry.


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"Virginia" wrote in message ...
I do not want these documents to stay in the links. I want them deleted.
I am not using them anymore. I used Word Perfect for years and when you
decide you don't need a doument anymore you can delete it. Are you telling me that I can never delete any documents that they
willl stay there?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Suzanne

snip
In previous versions, you could
set the MRU number to zero and then back to nine, and the old entries would
be gone. My understanding is that in 2007 that's not possible through the
UI,

snip

I have Word 2007 and Windows XP: you can do the same thing in Word
2007. Setting the number to 0 (and closing Word Options to accept the
change) and then opening Word Options and resetting it to some other
number works; that is, when resetting it to, say, 5, the earlier files
do *not* reappear.

David

Bob the first one sounds to me like I would delete all the documents and I
don't want to do that. I have a couple documents that I want to delete
permanently and definitely don't want them to come back. So I think I will
try the second one. Thank You so much

Also, thank you all to your replies.


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:

Hi Virginia,

Unfortuntately the deletion cursor used in prior versions that could take off entries didn't work right in Word 2007 and was
basically disabled by Microsoft.

At present the three basic ways to delete entries on the Recent document list in Word 2007 under the Office Button a

1. Reset the list size to zero in Word's Options
[File Button=Word Options] or (Alt, T, O, A)
and scroll down in the 'Advanced' settings to the 'Display'
category and change the
'Show this Number of Recent Documents'
setting to zero to remove all entries.

2. Delete the specific registry entry for that item either manually

Start=Run
Regedit
and navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT USER
Software
Microsoft
Office
12.0
Word
File MRU
locate the file name you want removed, right click on the
'Item #' and delete the particular file name then restart Word.
or do the above with a Word macro. [Unfortunately I don't recall seeing a macro similar to Word 2003's support.dot template form
driven macro for setting registry options, that would make this a bit simpler]

3. Wait/ignore that particular item until it drops off of the list as its replaced by a newer entry.


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"Virginia" wrote in message ...
I do not want these documents to stay in the links. I want them deleted.
I am not using them anymore. I used Word Perfect for years and when you
decide you don't need a doument anymore you can delete it. Are you telling me that I can never delete any documents that they
willl stay there?
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*