'Open Recent' doesn't display recent files

Hi,
When I open Pages and choose 'Open Recent' it always says Clear Menu. That's it. No names of recent files, no matter how many files I've recently created/worked on. How do I activate it?

What do you have set in System Preferences > Appearance > Number of recent items > Documents? I've read that that setting can affect Pages. I have System Preferences set at 20 & that is what I get in File > Open recent in Pages. Changing it to 5 doesn't affect the Pages list, even restarting Pages doesn't affect it. You may need to restart your Mac for the change to take effect.

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