Finder all my files won't show microsoft documents

Since installing Yosemite on my Macbook Air, when I open the finder window to see my recently opened files (all my files), it won't show any word or excel files; only pictures and pdfs. Can anyone help me to fix this?

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its very important files!

tis true
I know, I always do that but I was in a rush to get somewhere and I was relying on my thousand dollar Mac to do some kind of recovery or something. I know Microsoft always keeps temporary files (I think Mac does too, part of me asking here in this forum was for someone to tell me where I can find those files) and when you go to open Office Works then it gives you the option of opening the last recent documents, saved or not saved.
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'All My Files' doen't even show pdf and doc files that I know are on my machine.
Maybe should be called 'Barely Some of My Files.'
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I can help you.
but I am not good at english.
so I am sorry.
anyway,
the solution is that edit your file which path is "/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/Resources/MyLibraries/myDocum ents.cannedSearch"
for example
I need to search my "data" partition.
it must be mounted in "/Volumes/data"
and do this
==========================
<dict>
                <key>FinderFilesOnly</key>
                <true/>
                <key>RawQuery</key>
                <string>(true) && (((kMDItemContentTypeTree = public.content)))</string>
                <key>SearchScopes</key>
                <array>
                  <string>~/</string>
                  <string>-Library</string>
                  <string>-Music/iTunes</string>
                  <string>-Documents/Steam Content</string>
                  <string>~/Library/Mobile Documents</string>
                  <string>/Volumes/data</string>            #############    Import this line    #############
                </array>
<integer>1396925814</integer>
                <key>FXScopeArrayOfPaths</key>
                <array>
                  <string>~/</string>
                  <string>-Library</string>
                  <string>-Music/iTunes</string>
                  <string>-Documents/Steam Content</string>
                  <string>~/Library/Mobile Documents</string>
                  <string>/Volumes/data</string>
                  <string>/Volumes/data</string>            #############    Import this line    #############
                </array>
        </dict>
==================================
and you can find what you want to look in you "all my files".
I am sorry that I am not good at english.

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