Pinned Items in Office 2016 not sorted alphabetically

Anonymous
2015-10-05T23:05:04+00:00

The title says it all.  Whereas in Office 2013 pinned recent items automatically got sorted alphabetically this is no longer the case in any programme in Office 2016.  This is extremely frustrating.  Any fix?

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  1. Anonymous
    2015-10-28T12:22:16+00:00

    I agree

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-05-26T17:58:48+00:00

    I also agree.  I finally gave up and created a spreadsheet with hyperlinks to the multiple files I use on a daily basis.  It's the only thing I keep pinned and it's the first thing opened each morning.  I still don't understand why they would make this change and not give you the option to have them list alphabetically.

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-01-18T18:41:39+00:00

    The pinned list is different from a most-recently-used list.  It is for permanent (hence the word "pinned"!) listings.  By definition they are all used routinely, so sorting them alphabetically is the only way to find the one you want quickly.  What follows after the pinned list is the MRU list.  The combination of the two lists worked well before 2016; now the pinned list is not nearly as useful.  I say go back to alphabetical order, and you don't even need a user config. switch.  The new way is simply bad.

    Thanks for listening.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-11-06T19:05:19+00:00

    Thank you all for the feedback on this and the explanation about how it impacts your workflow. I'll take this back to our Engineering Team for consideration for a future release.

    Paul...

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  5. Anonymous
    2015-10-09T08:34:21+00:00

    Personally I prefer it the way it is, by date

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