Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated August 26, 2019)
This tip applies to Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Word allows you to maintain a list of the most-recently used (MRU) files. This list can record the names of the most recently opened and edited within Word. You can see the MRU list at the bottom of the File menu.
If you want to grab the names of the MRU files and insert those names in a document, you can use the following VBA macro:
Sub MostRecent() Dim J As Integer For J = 1 To RecentFiles.Count Selection.TypeText Text:=RecentFiles(J).Name Selection.TypeParagraph Next J End Sub
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