Is it normal for the recent items listed in Appleworks to be hideously outdated? I don't have a single item there less than two months old. Time and time again, I close a document only to find it Not listed in Recent Items (Even in the Apple menu).
I have had a similar problem, the only thing with mine is that the first few lines of icons are very outdated and anything I've done recently is shown in alphabetical order after that. No clue why though.