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closing a single window in word
I have installed office 2007 but I am having problems with microsoft word.
Every time I want to close a window I am currently working on, it closes the whole microsoft word page. I tried to add a "close window" command but I can't accsess it on the window. How can I close a window in MS Word 2007 without closing the whole microsoft word page? |
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closing a single window in word
You have to click on the new File button (that Microsoft symbol on the top
left) and click on close to close a document. If you click the X it closes the program. At least that's what I found. Hope this helps. Hopefully someone else has a better solution for us. "Anduge" wrote: I have installed office 2007 but I am having problems with microsoft word. Every time I want to close a window I am currently working on, it closes the whole microsoft word page. I tried to add a "close window" command but I can't accsess it on the window. How can I close a window in MS Word 2007 without closing the whole microsoft word page? |
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closing a single window in word
Not really, unfortunately the single Close button is for the application.
There are a few alternatives: - Click the Microsoft Office Button, right-click Close and then click Add to Quick Access Toolbar and use it instead. - Right-click the Word document in the Windows taskbar and then click Close. - Use a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) which will display all open documents in a single task on the Windows taskbar, instead of showing each open document in the Windows Taskbar. When you use MDI, the Close Window button for the document will appear below the Close button for the application. If you want to use the last method, click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, and then click Advanced. In the Display section, clear the Display All Windows In Tthe askbar option. Then to switch between open documents, on the View tab, click Switch Windows. Note you can also right-click the Switch Windows button and click Add to Quick Access Toolbar to make window switching easier. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Kim" wrote in message ... You have to click on the new File button (that Microsoft symbol on the top left) and click on close to close a document. If you click the X it closes the program. At least that's what I found. Hope this helps. Hopefully someone else has a better solution for us. "Anduge" wrote: I have installed office 2007 but I am having problems with microsoft word. Every time I want to close a window I am currently working on, it closes the whole microsoft word page. I tried to add a "close window" command but I can't accsess it on the window. How can I close a window in MS Word 2007 without closing the whole microsoft word page? |
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closing a single window in word
Why did Microsoft eliminate the close document button? It's still there in
Excel. Closing a document now takes LONGER with this new "improved" version! I, too, added the Close Document icon to my Quick Access Toolbar, but it's always disabled. "Beth Melton" wrote: Not really, unfortunately the single Close button is for the application. There are a few alternatives: - Click the Microsoft Office Button, right-click Close and then click Add to Quick Access Toolbar and use it instead. - Right-click the Word document in the Windows taskbar and then click Close. - Use a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) which will display all open documents in a single task on the Windows taskbar, instead of showing each open document in the Windows Taskbar. When you use MDI, the Close Window button for the document will appear below the Close button for the application. If you want to use the last method, click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, and then click Advanced. In the Display section, clear the Display All Windows In Tthe askbar option. Then to switch between open documents, on the View tab, click Switch Windows. Note you can also right-click the Switch Windows button and click Add to Quick Access Toolbar to make window switching easier. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Kim" wrote in message ... You have to click on the new File button (that Microsoft symbol on the top left) and click on close to close a document. If you click the X it closes the program. At least that's what I found. Hope this helps. Hopefully someone else has a better solution for us. "Anduge" wrote: I have installed office 2007 but I am having problems with microsoft word. Every time I want to close a window I am currently working on, it closes the whole microsoft word page. I tried to add a "close window" command but I can't accsess it on the window. How can I close a window in MS Word 2007 without closing the whole microsoft word page? |
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closing a single window in word
Did you add the Close command by clicking the Microsoft Office button,
right-clicking Close, and then clicking "Add to Quick Access Toolbar"? It shouldn't be disabled. As for why it's in Excel and not Word (or PowerPoint) still has a Close button, believe it or not, that's little more difficult that we might expect. If you're interested in knowing more about the "why" behind this, Word and PowerPoint have a Single Document Interface (SDI), which means each document window you open has its own set of commands, including its own Close button. Excel has a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) which means each document window you open share one set of commands, including the same Close button. If you work with maximized windows, you can see the difference if you restore one of your open Excel workbooks, they will all be restored and you'll see multiple document windows in one application interface. The same will not happen in Word or PowerPoint. If you restore one of your open Word documents, then that's the only window that will be restored, the others will remain maximized. So since they are internally different they end up behaving a little differently when it comes to the window components. From a programmer's viewpoint I understand why, and how it's next to impossible, I don't like it any more that you do, but I do understand why it works that way and it wasn't just an oversight. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Donna Driscoll" wrote in message ... Why did Microsoft eliminate the close document button? It's still there in Excel. Closing a document now takes LONGER with this new "improved" version! I, too, added the Close Document icon to my Quick Access Toolbar, but it's always disabled. "Beth Melton" wrote: Not really, unfortunately the single Close button is for the application. There are a few alternatives: - Click the Microsoft Office Button, right-click Close and then click Add to Quick Access Toolbar and use it instead. - Right-click the Word document in the Windows taskbar and then click Close. - Use a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) which will display all open documents in a single task on the Windows taskbar, instead of showing each open document in the Windows Taskbar. When you use MDI, the Close Window button for the document will appear below the Close button for the application. If you want to use the last method, click the Microsoft Office Button, click Word Options, and then click Advanced. In the Display section, clear the Display All Windows In Tthe askbar option. Then to switch between open documents, on the View tab, click Switch Windows. Note you can also right-click the Switch Windows button and click Add to Quick Access Toolbar to make window switching easier. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email can not be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Co-author of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "Kim" wrote in message ... You have to click on the new File button (that Microsoft symbol on the top left) and click on close to close a document. If you click the X it closes the program. At least that's what I found. Hope this helps. Hopefully someone else has a better solution for us. "Anduge" wrote: I have installed office 2007 but I am having problems with microsoft word. Every time I want to close a window I am currently working on, it closes the whole microsoft word page. I tried to add a "close window" command but I can't accsess it on the window. How can I close a window in MS Word 2007 without closing the whole microsoft word page? |
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