How do I close a file without closing MSWord?

C

ciadala

When I close an MSWord (2007) file, my whole program closes each time. I
click on File/close - am I doing something wrong or is there another button
I'm
missing?
 
G

Gordon

ciadala said:
When I close an MSWord (2007) file, my whole program closes each time. I
click on File/close - am I doing something wrong or is there another
button
I'm
missing?
Click to expand...


There IS no "file-close" in Word 2007. What are you actually clicking on?
 
R

Ralph J. Grossi

ciadala said:
When I close an MSWord (2007) file, my whole program closes each time. I
click on File/close - am I doing something wrong or is there another
button
I'm
missing?
Click to expand...

With Word 07 click on the "Office Button" (top left part of your screen)
then on the bottom of that bar you will see "Close". That will do what you
want, I think.
 
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Echo S

PowerPoint works like this, too -- there's only one close button. Each time
you click it, a document closes, and when you have only one document left,
closing it closes the whole program. It made me NUTS during beta.

If you go to Office Button | [program] Options | Advanced and uncheck "show
all windows in taskbar," you get two close Xs, and you can close the last
document without closing the program. However, for me, this was a
non-starter because it was a PITA to use the View tab to change windows -- I
really do prefer having the files as separate icons on the taskbar. (View |
Switch Windows | Document seems to take a LOT longer -- not to mention more
thought, which is disruptive to my workflow -- than just clicking the other
document's icon in the taskbar.)

So I added the Close button to the QAT and trained myself to use it. That
enables me to close all documents without closing the application. This is
the best solution I've found.
 
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