Re: Project Gallery

From: Bob Greenblatt (bob_at_nospam.com)
Date: 02/23/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 08:26:00 -0500

On 2/23/05 7:54 AM, in article
jemcgimpsey-227880.05543423022005@msnews.microsoft.com, "JE McGimpsey"
<jemcgimpsey@mvps.org> wrote:

> In article <BE4101AB.10E9C%rmobrien@mac.com>,
> Mark O'Brien <rmobrien@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> In Excel 2004, a file I use on a daily basis doesn't show up under the
>> "Recent" tab in Project Gallery. I've tried narrowing down the choices to
>> Excel files only (default is All Office Documents) and played with the
>> "Today", "Yesterday", "This Week" options, all to no avail.
>>
>> The file was originally an MS Works time*** template that I converted to
>> Excel 97 on a PC back in 1998, and now use daily on a TiBook running OS X
>> 10.3.8.
>>
>> It does show up in my recent file list under Excel's "File" menu, just not
>> in Project Gallery.
>>
>> I've searched as much of the newsgroup as I've been allowed to download, and
>> haven't seen this addressed. Any thoughts?
>
> I suspect the reason you haven't had an answer is that nobody else has
> seen this.
>
> Is it only the one file? Others get on the list OK?
>
> Is the file local or on a server?
>
> Have you tried repairing permissions using the DiskUtility app in the
> Applications/Utilities folder?
>
> As a guess, try, with all Office apps closed, deleting the
>
> ~:Library:Preferences:Microsoft:com.microsoft.Office.prefs.plist
>
> file (where ~ is your home directory).

I've seen this a lot. Also, a file that has been opened recently (like today
or yesterday) remains in the last week pane in the project gallery.
Permissions are not the issue. However, I never bothered to search out the
real reason or situations when it occurs, but I've reported it several
times. I simply use Excel's list or use file-open, and anxiously wait for a
fix in an update. 

-- 
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom