Documents keep opening

This isn't really a MacBook question, but whenever I open MS Word, PPT, Excel, Preview, and other apps my computer opens the last few documents of that app. SO, how do I stop that from happening?

It sounds like your launch services database is corrupt. It does happen. Use a program such as OnyX or Maintenance to reset the database.

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