A user asks -- can I have MS Word display a list of the most recently used documents, like WordPerfect 6.1 does?

Answer:

Yes, you can have MS Word display the last nine documents you've worked on.

While in MS Word, click the Tools menu, choose Options, choose the General tab, check-mark the "Recently Used File List" line, change "Entries" to 9, then click the OK button.

The next time you start MS Word, the documents you worked with last will be displayed on the File drop down menu. You can then just type the line number for the document you want to open.