Opening PDF's in preview

Hello,
I have multiple PDF's open in Mac Preview, and I need to shut down my computer. Is there any way for Preview to re-open all of the files I was previously looking at when I turn my computer back on? I can see the "Open Recent" option under the File menu, but this only offers about 6 of the files that were previously opened (as opposed to the 20 I actually had opened. I know this is a lot, but I due a lot of research).
Is there a way to expand the number of recently opened PDF's in the "Open Recent" option? Also, sometimes when I shut my machine down, the "Open Recent" menu clears itself.
I hope this post makes sense. Thanks for any help.

Launch the Terminal app in /Applications/Utilities/, copy & paste this command into the window, substituting your value for XX (mine's set at 30), hit the return key, quit Terminal, and Preview's recent items should grow to that number:
*defaults write com.apple.Preview NSRecentDocumentsLimit XX*
Note, that for a system-wide change, run this command in the Terminal:
*defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSRecentDocumentsLimit XX*
To apply it to another application change the com.apple.YYYY to reflect the plist file structure noted in your user's /Library/Preferences/.

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