File, Recent

Quick reference

• 00:05 This lesson is all about the recent file list.
• 00:08 When you first open up Microsoft Word, on the left-hand panel,
• 00:12 you see this dark blue panel, says Word at the top and
• 00:15 then Recent, this is showing you your recent files.
• 00:18 So that's kinda nice cuz you don't have to down here to open Open Other Documents and
• 00:22 dig for the one you want, it shows you the most recent ones here.
• 00:26 Now if I activate in here, as my mouse starts floating down the list,
• 00:30 take a look at the right hand side, this little tiny push pin appears.
• 00:33 Now it only appears when you're floating on the screen,
• 00:36 now my preference would be to have those push pins always visible,
• 00:39 but they're only visible when you float there.
• 00:41 Now the reason those are there, is let's just say this particular file I open up
• 00:45 every day, I'm digging for that file, looking around for it, well when I
• 00:49 click the push pin it locks it in place up at the top and draws a line under it.
• 00:53 Say there is another one down here I'm always looking for click that and
• 00:57 it puts it in place, so now every time I open Microsoft Word the first couple
• 01:02 files at the top are the ones that I've chosen that I want to open all the time.
• 01:06 This is a productivity booster because I'm not digging and searching for those files.
• 01:11 Right now, let's just say I don't wanna open these,
• 01:13 I'm gonna go ahead right in here, I'm gonna click on my blank document and
• 01:16 open up Microsoft Word and begin to my work.
• 01:20 Now, I think, oh wait a minute, I wanna go back and get those files, I don't have to
• 01:24 close Word and re-open it, I simply have to go to the file ribbon and look right
• 01:29 here, the first option is already highlighted, it says Recent Documents.
• 01:33 And over here on the Recent Documents list happens to be those two files that
• 01:36 I just put pins on when I first opened Word.
• 01:40 So there's two places you're going to find your pinned documents,
• 01:44 upon opening word, or if you're already in word, go to file, open, and
• 01:48 there they are, sitting right here.
• 01:51 Now notice, as I move my mouse down here, those little push pins are appearing
• 01:54 again, I can click those and there's another feature called Recent Places.
• 01:59 So on the left, I'm going to click on computer, and
• 02:04 here are all files or places I've been on my computer,
• 02:08 now notice as I float my mouse through there little pin shows up.
• 02:11 So if there's a certain file I'm always looking for,
• 02:14 I can actually pin it in place, so that means I'm not clicking from
• 02:19 Documents to Camtasia to GoSkills, I'm just locking it in there.
• 02:23 This saves me clicks, which saves me time, which saves me frustration,
• 02:28 I love these push pins, I love the Recent Documents, I love that these are there.
• 02:33 Now what if none of the files are there that I'm looking for, well now I gotta dig
• 02:37 further and I click into my Browse button, and I start purging through my files,
• 02:41 swimming through my files, looking for the file I want.
• 02:44 But when you find it, go immediately back to your recent documents and
• 02:48 pin either the exact document in place or go to Computer and
• 02:53 pin the file location in place.
• 02:55 I love this feature, huge time saver,
• 02:58 well worth knowing, you will be a better computer user if you know these little
• 03:03 gifts that have been designed inside Microsoft Word to save you time.
• 03:08 So please explore that, please pin some files to your list and
• 03:12 go back and get them, you'll be delighted.

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