When I close out my last document in Word 2007 the program closes completely.
In the last version I had this did not happen. A blank document was left
open and if you wanted to exit, you had to close it too. I liked this
feature, as I often want to start another document rather than close the
program. Is there a way to tell Word 2007 to open a blank document rather
than close the program when I finish working with the only open document and
close it? (Jeez - this sounds more confusing when I write it down than when
I'm actually working with it!)

I know - its irritating isn't it.

You can change the behavior though.

Click the Microsoft Office Button (Big Round button at the top left)
Select Word Options
Click the Advanced Tab
Down in the Display section of the Advanced Tab - Clear the checkmark from
Show all windows in the Taskbar.
Click OK
Word won't close on you now, but you will now need to use the Switch Windows
command to change between documents. (View Tab)

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When I close out my last document in Word 2007 the program closes
completely.
In the last version I had this did not happen. A blank document was left
open and if you wanted to exit, you had to close it too. I liked this
feature, as I often want to start another document rather than close the
program. Is there a way to tell Word 2007 to open a blank document rather
than close the program when I finish working with the only open document and
close it? (Jeez - this sounds more confusing when I write it down than when
I'm actually working with it!)

Click the Office button, then close.

You can also still use CTRL-W as you could in Word 2003.
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Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen
Office System Solutions Specialist
3Sharp
http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/


"Della" wrote:

> When I close out my last document in Word 2007 the program closes completely.
> In the last version I had this did not happen. A blank document was left
> open and if you wanted to exit, you had to close it too. I liked this
> feature, as I often want to start another document rather than close the
> program. Is there a way to tell Word 2007 to open a blank document rather
> than close the program when I finish working with the only open document and
> close it? (Jeez - this sounds more confusing when I write it down than when
> I'm actually working with it!)

I presume you're closing your document by clicking the close window cross in
the top right-hand corner. If you click on the Office Button and select
Close then it will leave Word open. You can add the Close/Close All icon to
the quick access toolbar to the right of the Office Button by clicking on the
small arrow to the right of that toolbar, when you click this icon it will
close the current document but leave Word open.

Andrea Jones
www.stratatraining.co.uk
www.allaboutoffice.co.uk


"Della" wrote:

> When I close out my last document in Word 2007 the program closes completely.
> In the last version I had this did not happen. A blank document was left
> open and if you wanted to exit, you had to close it too. I liked this
> feature, as I often want to start another document rather than close the
> program. Is there a way to tell Word 2007 to open a blank document rather
> than close the program when I finish working with the only open document and
> close it? (Jeez - this sounds more confusing when I write it down than when
> I'm actually working with it!)

I thought I answered this yesterday, so forgive me if this is a repeat.

Basically, just choose File | Close (file=Office Button) or press CTRL-W.

Doug


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Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen
Office System Solutions Specialist
3Sharp
http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/


"Della" wrote:

> When I close out my last document in Word 2007 the program closes completely.
> In the last version I had this did not happen. A blank document was left
> open and if you wanted to exit, you had to close it too. I liked this
> feature, as I often want to start another document rather than close the
> program. Is there a way to tell Word 2007 to open a blank document rather
> than close the program when I finish working with the only open document and
> close it? (Jeez - this sounds more confusing when I write it down than when
> I'm actually working with it!)