diff --git a/src/services/officeFiles.ts b/src/services/officeFiles.ts
index 6e84e58..a10e092 100644
--- a/src/services/officeFiles.ts
+++ b/src/services/officeFiles.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
 import type { Node } from '@nextcloud/files'
 import { getClient, getDavNameSpaces, getDavProperties, getRootPath, resultToNode } from '@nextcloud/files/dav'
 
-// TODO: This DAV SEARCH is unpaginated (depth: infinity). For users with very large
-// file collections the full result set is transferred over the wire before we slice it.
-// MAX_DISPLAY_FILES only guards the rendered list; it does not reduce network cost.
-// A proper solution requires a server-side cursor/limit API.
-export const MAX_DISPLAY_FILES = 200
+// The DAV SEARCH is ordered newest-first via <d:orderby> and capped server-side to
+// MAX_DISPLAY_FILES using Nextcloud's pagination headers (X-NC-Paginate), so we only
+// transfer the most recently modified results. The X-NC-Paginate-Total response header
+// reports the real match count, letting the UI tell whether more files exist.
+export const MAX_DISPLAY_FILES = 500
 
 function buildOfficeMimeSearch(mimes: string[]): string {
 	const escapeXml = (s: string) => s.replace(/&/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;')
@@ -37,35 +37,62 @@ function buildOfficeMimeSearch(mimes: string[]): string {
 ${conditions}
 			</d:or>
 		</d:where>
+		<d:orderby>
+			<d:order>
+				<d:prop>
+					<d:getlastmodified/>
+				</d:prop>
+				<d:descending/>
+			</d:order>
+		</d:orderby>
 	</d:basicsearch>
 </d:searchrequest>`
 }
 
+export interface OfficeFilesResult {
+	nodes: Node[]
+	/** Total number of matching files on the server, which may exceed nodes.length. */
+	total: number
+}
+
 // Single flat cache for all office files. Safe because the sole caller (fetchAll)
 // always passes the full union of every creator's mimes. If a partial-mime caller
 // is ever added this must be keyed by the mimes set.
-let cachedNodes: Node[] | null = null
+let cachedResult: OfficeFilesResult | null = null
 
-export async function getAllOfficeFiles(mimes: string[]): Promise<Node[]> {
-	if (cachedNodes) {
-		return cachedNodes
+export async function getAllOfficeFiles(mimes: string[]): Promise<OfficeFilesResult> {
+	if (cachedResult) {
+		return cachedResult
 	}
 
 	const client = getClient()
 	const response = await client.search('/', {
 		details: true,
 		data: buildOfficeMimeSearch(mimes),
-	}) as { data: { results: object[] } }
+		headers: {
+			'X-NC-Paginate': 'true',
+			'X-NC-Paginate-Count': String(MAX_DISPLAY_FILES),
+		},
+	}) as { data: { results: object[] }, headers: Record<string, string> }
 
-	cachedNodes = response.data.results
+	const nodes = response.data.results
 		.map(item => resultToNode(item as Parameters<typeof resultToNode>[0]))
 		.filter(node => node.type === 'file')
 
-	return cachedNodes
+	// Header keys are lowercased by the webdav client. Falls back to the number of
+	// returned nodes on servers that do not support pagination.
+	const reportedTotal = Number.parseInt(response.headers['x-nc-paginate-total'] ?? '', 10)
+
+	cachedResult = {
+		nodes,
+		total: Number.isNaN(reportedTotal) ? nodes.length : reportedTotal,
+	}
+
+	return cachedResult
 }
 
 export function invalidateOfficeFilesCache(): void {
-	cachedNodes = null
+	cachedResult = null
 }
 
 export function filterByMimes(files: Node[], mimes: string[]): Node[] {
diff --git a/src/views/OfficeOverview.vue b/src/views/OfficeOverview.vue
index b02c339..ec1d010 100644
--- a/src/views/OfficeOverview.vue
+++ b/src/views/OfficeOverview.vue
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {
 } from '@mdi/js'
 import FileCard from '../components/FileCard.vue'
 import TemplateSection from '../components/TemplateSection.vue'
-import { getAllOfficeFiles, filterByMimes, invalidateOfficeFilesCache, MAX_DISPLAY_FILES } from '../services/officeFiles.ts'
+import { getAllOfficeFiles, filterByMimes, invalidateOfficeFilesCache } from '../services/officeFiles.ts'
 import { getTemplates, createFromTemplate } from '../services/templates.ts'
 import { getOverviewGridView, setOverviewGridView } from '../services/config.ts'
 import type { TemplateCreator, TemplateFile, CreatedFile, OcsErrorResponse } from '../services/templates.ts'
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ const currentUid = getCurrentUser()?.uid ?? null
 const creators = ref<TemplateCreator[]>([])
 const activeCreator = ref<TemplateCreator | null>(null)
 const allFiles = ref<Node[]>([])
+const totalFiles = ref(0)
 const loading = ref(false)
 const error = ref<string | null>(null)
 const viewMode = ref<ViewMode>(getOverviewGridView() ? 'grid' : 'list')
@@ -122,8 +123,9 @@ const filteredFiles = computed(() => {
 	})
 })
 
-const files = computed(() => filteredFiles.value.slice(0, MAX_DISPLAY_FILES))
-const hasMoreFiles = computed(() => filteredFiles.value.length > MAX_DISPLAY_FILES)
+const files = computed(() => filteredFiles.value)
+// The server caps the result set, so more files may exist than were returned.
+const hasMoreFiles = computed(() => totalFiles.value > allFiles.value.length)
 
 const activeCategoryName = computed(() =>
 	activeCreator.value ? categoryName(activeCreator.value) : '',
@@ -250,17 +252,15 @@ async function fetchAll() {
 		activeCreator.value = creators.value[0] ?? null
 
 		if (creators.value.length > 0) {
-			// Union our full static set (ODF + OOXML) with whatever the creators
-			// actually advertise, so we never drop a mime the server supports.
-			const allMimes = [...new Set([
-				...ALL_OFFICE_MIMES,
-				...creators.value.flatMap(c => c.mimetypes),
-			])]
-			allFiles.value = await getAllOfficeFiles(allMimes)
+			const allMimes = creators.value.flatMap(c => c.mimetypes)
+			const result = await getAllOfficeFiles(allMimes)
+			allFiles.value = result.nodes
+			totalFiles.value = result.total
 		}
 	} catch {
 		error.value = t('office', 'Failed to load files')
 		allFiles.value = []
+		totalFiles.value = 0
 	} finally {
 		loading.value = false
 	}