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Peter asked a common question for Excel users: Is it possible to increase the number of Most Recently Used files beyond the nine available in Excel. In versions of Excel prior to Excel 2007 the answer was an emphatic no—the maximum limit of nine is hard-coded into the program.
Excel 2007 made a change, however. You can change the number of MRU files by following these steps:
ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (3509) applies to Microsoft Excel versions: 97 2000 2002 2003 2007
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