Microsoft Office Word program for Windows allows users to view recently edited or created Word documents so that users can quickly access their most recently created or edited Word files.
In the recent versions of Office Word for Windows application, one can view recently created/edited files by clicking the File menu and then Home, clicking the File menu and then Open, or simultaneously pressing Ctrl and O keys (Ctrl + O).
In addition to documents saved on your Windows PC, the recent section also shows Word documents saved in the cloud. But what if the Word program does not show recent documents?
If the Word program in Windows 11/10 PC does not show recently created or edited documents, the following solutions should help you.
Do these things first
1. Restart the Word program.
2. Restart your PC.
3. Check your internet connection, if documents saved in cloud are not showing up.
Solution 1 of 2
Ensure that Office Word is configured to show recent documents
An option in Word allows users to show or hide recent documents. Here is how to configure it to show recent documents.
Step 1: In the Word program, click the File menu and then click Options to open the Word Options dialog. If you cannot see Options, click More to see Options.
Step 2: On the left pane of the Options dialog, click Advanced to see advanced settings and options available.
Step 3: Here, on the right side, in the Display section, the Show this number of Recent Documents field can be tweaked to show or hide recent Word documents. We advise you to set the value to 50 to see the last 50 edited or created Word documents. Setting it to 0 (zero) will not show recent documents.
Click the OK button.
Method 2 of 2
Turn on Online experiences under Privacy Settings to see synced or Word documents saved in the OneDrive account or synced documents
If you have been saving your Word documents in your OneDrive account and cannot see files saved in a cloud account, you need to turn on the connected experiences option under Privacy Settings.
Step 1: Click the File menu and then click Account.
Step 2: In the Account Privacy section, click the Manage Settings button.
Step 3: Here, select the checkbox next to Turn on all connected experiences and then click the OK button. That’s it!
Step 4: When asked to restart the Word program, please do so by closing the Word program (save work before doing so) and then launch the program again.
From now on, the the recent section of Word program should now start showing documents that you save in the cloud (it might not show previously saved documents, though).
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