More Recent Files

This tip only applies to OOo version 1.1.x.

The list of recently opened files is too short. I need to see more than the default 4 items on this list. How do I achieve this?

• You need to edit one of the configuration files.
• Before you do that, close all OOo windows, and also make sure that the Quickstarter is closed, too.
• Now, on your computer, search for the file "...\user\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office\Common.xcu." If you find more than one file named "Common.xcu", make sure it's in the path specified here.
• In this file, look for the line >node oor:name="History"<
• Now, directly after this line, add the following lines
  >prop oor:name="PickListSize" oor:type="xs:int"<
  >value<10>/value<
  >/prop<
• Save

Once you've opened and closed the next file in OOo, the list of recently opened files will have grown by one line. Its maximum number of items will be the value you've specified, in my example that's 10.

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Last edited 21 June 2006