File, Recent

Quick reference

• 00:04 A great feature of the file ribbon is to go in and
• 00:07 grab the recent files you've currently worked on.
• 00:10 Maybe yesterday or earlier today.
• 00:12 Well, when we first go into the file ribbon, it shows us info.
• 00:16 So you've gotta click on Home or New or Open to see your recent files.
• 00:21 When we click on Open, we do have recents.
• 00:23 And then here on the right hand side are all the recent files that
• 00:27 I have currently worked on.
• 00:28 And notice as I float my mouse,
• 00:29 take a look at the right hand side, see that little blue push pin.
• 00:33 Now, if there's one of these that I'm going to be working on again,
• 00:36 I can simply click the push pin, click, and it actually put it way at the top.
• 00:41 So now I don't have to continue to scroll ,scroll, scroll to find that file.
• 00:44 I just pinned it to the top.
• 00:46 I'll go ahead and do the second one and pin it to the top.
• 00:48 Now when I'm done working with those, I can certainly unpin them.
• 00:52 Now, a feature they took away at one point, but
• 00:54 I've given us back, check this out right here.
• 00:56 It says folders.
• 00:57 Again I'm on the file ribbon.
• 00:59 On the open on my recents I'm looking at my documents, but
• 01:02 now I want to look at my click on my folders.
• 01:05 Check this out These are the recent folders I've been working in, and
• 01:09 maybe one of those folders I know I'm going to be in there a few times this
• 01:12 week, click, I can pin that to the top as well.
• 01:15 Now, that used to be in Microsoft Word 2010, and they take it away, and
• 01:19 thankfully have given it back to us in 2019.
• 01:22 That was one of those features I missed the most, was pinning a folder to the top.
• 01:26 All right, well, what else can you pin?
• 01:27 Go ahead and click on New.
• 01:29 Now, We already did a lesson on File > New, but
• 01:32 check these out even these have these little push pins.
• 01:35 So if I find one that I particularly like,
• 01:38 I can pin it to the top of the template list because maybe that's a template.
• 01:42 I'd like to come back to regularly.
• 01:43 And on the home ribbon, notice, here are the two that I've already pinned,
• 01:48 of course I can unpin it.
• 01:50 Or I can go ahead and pin them on this list as well and
• 01:53 that'll send it to the top, right up here to the top.
• 01:57 Okay so again.
• 01:58 File Home file new file open happens to be my favorite because
• 02:03 that's where I can find my folders.
• 02:06 Please get in there and use those and practice with those it is invaluable to
• 02:11 find your recent folders in your recent files.
• 02:14 Absolutely invaluable.
• 02:16 Another thing.
• 02:16 I want to show you is right over here.
• 02:18 This PC, when you click on This PC, here's a bunch of documents and
• 02:23 places on my PC, but notice there's no push pins over here.
• 02:27 It would just, you digging around in here's how you gonna find these folder.
• 02:31 'Cause they are folders 'cause I can see by the filefolder. Now, also have Browse.
• 02:36 when I click on Browse, now it's actually taking me into my file system,
• 02:40 which is a great place to be as well.
• 02:42 If you're more comfortable in how you work this left hand
• 02:46 side happens to be what I call the four door file cabinet.
• 02:50 And you simply click on the drawer you want to open up.
• 02:52 And all the contents of that drawer open up in here.
• 02:55 And then you would click around.
• 02:57 I'll go ahead and hit Cancel on there.
• 02:58 But just to keep you centered, on the File ribbon, the Home section has Recents,
• 03:04 has your Pinned files, and has your Shared with Me files.
• 03:07 Of course, you would have to sign in to the OneDrive to get those files.
• 03:11 And then, of course, the New And the Open.
• 03:14 All right.
• 03:15 Practice with that, and you'll be a master in no time.

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