Closing a Document in Word, but leaving the application open

[raperry]

Can anyone advise me as to how I can use the menu File> Close buttons without Word application closing. I just want the document to close. I know that I can use the small x under the large X on the upper right corner, but I am use to being able to close through the File menu and can't now. I have been able to do it in the past on this machine. I don't know what happened. I can do it in Excel without any problems. I am using Office 2003 on XP Pro.

 

[shanona1]

I'm not sure about how to do it that way, it works for me, but you can hold down the Ctrl button and type the W key and it will close just the document for you.

 

[raperry]

Thank you for your assistance. I realize there are different ways of closing only the document, while leaving the application open. My problem is that I am so use to being able to close by clicking on file > close, that I forget to do it the other way. Also, because I work with many files located in other folders, it is quicker for me to just click on the File menu button to access another Document that I need. Any other ideas????

 

[fumei]

Not getting this.

File > Close closes the current document for me. If I have three documents open, and I do File > Close on the active one, it closes. Word itself remains open. Evfen if I have only ONE document open, File > Close simply closes that one and leaves Word open.

Ctrl-W is a nice easy way to close a document, as shanona1 mentions. So I am really not getting what your problem is.

Also, because I work with many files located in other folders, it is quicker for me to just click on the File menu button to access another Document that I need.

Could you explain this? What has this to do with closing the current document? How does using the File menu make it quicker to get to "many files"? What does this have to do with "other folders"? Just trying to understand what the problem is exactly.

Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[raperry]

I am on a network. I am on several different machines throughout the day. All but this one works as it 'should' by only closing the document and leaving the Application running when choosing File > Close. The file menu does not necessarily make it quicker to access my other files, but by not having the application close completely and having to reopen it again does. I realize there are other ways of closing the document while leaving the app open, but I tend to forget to do it that way (habit is a strange creature!). I just thought perhaps there is some setting that inadvertantly got changed which is causing the whole application to close now instead of just the document on this one machine. This is more of an inconvenience than a problem. Thanks for your help and patience!

 

[fumei]

OK, so this clarifies the problem somewhat. What you are saying is this ONE machine is not behaving the way it normally should.

Correct?

Is it only Word that does this?

Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[tf1]

This sounds like you may be suffering from this bug: when you have more than one Word document open and you close one or use the Task Bar to change the active document, all instances close?

If so, run Office Setup, advanced options and under Alternative Inputs, remove the Handwriting Recognition. OK that and Setup will remove it. Restart WOrd and it should now be OK.

Handwriting Recognition may now be reinstalled, if needed (though this hasn't mended the bug, it is unlikely to recur).


Regards: tf1

 

[raperry]

Gerry....Yes it is ONLY affecting one machine! It does NOT affect Excel. Excel works as it should. It is only the Word Application that does this.

tf1....This happens whether I just have one opened at a time as well.....but I will try your suggestion.....Thanks.

 

[fumei]

Sorry, I didn't get that it was only one machine from your original post. Hmmm, maybe because you did not mention it?

Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[djj55]

Gerry see post at 12:38

 

[fumei]

Excuse me??? It was precisely the one at 12:38 that I followed with:

OK, so this clarifies the problem somewhat.

and re-stated the situation and asked for explicit confirmation. So, I am not sure of your point.

Gerry
My paintings and sculpture

 

[jfhewitt]

Have you tried reinstaling MS Word? I think you can also repair Word as well as reinstall.