How do I keep an application open while closing a document?

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In previous Microsoft Office applications, I could close a particular
document by clicking on the X in the second line on top and still keep Word
open. How do I do that in Word 2007?.
 
In previous Microsoft Office applications, I could close a particular
document by clicking on the X in the second line on top and still keep Word
open. How do I do that in Word 2007?.
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Press Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4, or use the Close command on the Office button
menu.
 
Yeah, this is a real PITA that purportedly is "unavoidable";-)

You basically have at least two options:

1- Use the Office Button's Close command, or

2- right-click the QAT & go into the Customize... Options, then select
Commands Not In The Ribbon from the Choose... List. Add either the
Close/Close All command or the Close Window command to the QAT.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
CyberTaz said:
2- right-click the QAT & go into the Customize... Options, then select
Commands Not In The Ribbon from the Choose... List. Add either the
Close/Close All command or the Close Window command to the QAT.
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A bit of a quicker approach for the Close command would be to right-click
the Close command under the Office Button and then click "Add to Quick
Access Toolbar". :-)

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I'm a Mac guy - I can't think of everything;-)

Happy New Year, Beth!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
Word 07 by default goes into "Single Document Interface" (SDI) mode, which
means that each doc gets opened in its own top-level window. What you want is
the MDI mode, which can open and display multiple docs in one top-level
window. In that mode, you will get a Close icon on the second line, which
applies to the active doc only. To switch to MDI, go to Word Options,
Advanced, and change the setting for "All Windows in Task Bar" - my Off2007
installation is broken at the moment, so I can't give you specific chapter
and verse.
Happy New Year!
 
Word 07 by default goes into "Single Document Interface" (SDI) mode, which
means that each doc gets opened in its own top-level window. What you wantis
the MDI mode, which can open and display multiple docs in one top-level
window. In that mode, you will get a Close icon on the second line, which
applies to the active doc only. To switch to MDI, go to Word Options,
Advanced, and change the setting for "All Windows in Task Bar" - my Off2007
installation is broken at the moment, so I can't give you specific chapter
and verse.
Click to expand...

Can you do that in Word2003?
 
I could not find the SDI/MDI options in Word Options Advanced.
Happy New Year to you also.
 
Yes, it's there in the Display group: Show All Windows in Task Bar - clear
the check.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
Yes, Word 2003 has the same setting in Tools> Options> View - Windows in
Taskbar, but for this issue it's irrelevant. In that version neither setting
causes you to lose the Close button (X) at the right end of the Menu bar
when only one doc is open, which is what happens in 2007.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
Yabbut I'd like it to look like Word Mac 2000, where all the document
windows appear to be in a single Word window. (There's a note about
this difference in the opening pages of my giant aftermarket Word
manual.)
 
Well, now I'm at a total loss as to what you are seeking because there was
no "Word Mac 2000". Current version for Mac is 2004; preceded by X; preceded
by 2001; preceded by 98. Word 2000 is a Windows version available as a
standalone and as a part of Office 2000.

I honestly don't recall how Word 2000 displayed the document windows & no
longer have an installation on which to refresh my [feeble] memory, but
perhaps clearing the check will get you close to what you want. I doubt it
will mimic exactly the 2000 behavior due to the major overhaul in 2002/2003
designed for the XP version of Windows.

The only other thing I can suggest - which still may not be what you want -
is to set your Windows Appearance/Theme property to Windows Classic Style...
Keeping in mind that doing so will affect the entire environment, not just
any one program.

Happy New Year |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
All right, 2001.

"Mac" was obviously the operative term in the identification.

"Classic appearance" means nothing to me, since I had no contact with
Windows between 1992 and 2005. I did change the "Theme" from the blue
one to the silver one.

Well, now I'm at a total loss as to what you are seeking because there was
no "Word Mac 2000". Current version for Mac is 2004; preceded by X; preceded
by 2001; preceded by 98. Word 2000 is a Windows version available as a
standalone and as a part of Office 2000.

I honestly don't recall how Word 2000 displayed the document windows & no
longer have an installation on which to refresh my [feeble] memory, but
perhaps clearing the check will get you close to what you want. I doubt it
will mimic exactly the 2000 behavior due to the major overhaul in 2002/2003
designed for the XP version of Windows.

The only other thing I can suggest - which still may not be what you want -
is to set your Windows Appearance/Theme property to Windows Classic Style....
Keeping in mind that doing so will affect the entire environment, not just
any one program.

Happy New Year |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Yabbut I'd like it to look like Word Mac 2000, where all the document
windows appear to be in a single Word window. (There's a note about
this difference in the opening pages of my giant aftermarket Word
manual.)
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