Are you sure you're not just failing to see the other documents because you
don't have "Windows in Taskbar" checked on the View tab of Tools | Options?
If you minimize the open document, do you see another one behind it?

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"Office Dummy" Office wrote in message
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If I have a word document open and try to open another word document, the
first
one is automatically closed. The same thing happens with Excel
spreadsheets.
What settings do I have to change to correct this?