In pre-ribbon versions of Word you there was an 'X' that would show when you opened a document that would close it without closing the application. I was placed right underneath the closing 'X' that closed the application.
In Microsoft Word 2010, I don't see that 'X', I only have the 'X' to close the application.
Is there some trick I don't know about to do a one-click close of the document?
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Click File > Close, right there under Open and Save. Does exactly what you want, it just takes an extra step than in previous versions. Leaves Word running with no document open.
If you want it to be one-click, add Close to the Quick Access Toolbar at the top. Click on the dropdown, then choose More Commands.
Under Choose Commands From, select File Tab, then select Close and click the Add >> button.
Now, just click on that close button, and the document will be closed but the Word window will remain open.
You should be able to press CTRL-W on your keyboard to "close the child window" (your document).
2My solution was to assign a variable to the number of open documents. Close the active document without saving. Then test to see if the number of open documents had been greater than 1. If it was, the macro stopped, leaving other active documents open. If the number = 1 then Word closed.
Sub CloseWithoutSave() x = Documents.Count ActiveDocument.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges If x = 1 Then Application.Quit
End SubYou can hover over the active icon on the task bar and the X to close each windows is available.
The answer is that Microsoft has defaulted Word to open all applications in a New Window, so they disabled the close 'X'. It can be re-enabled by going to the File->Options menu then choosing the Advanced tab, Display section and unchecking the Show All Windows in the Taskbar option.
Result:
NOTE: This disables you from opening more than one Word document at a time. Trying to open another instance of Word, or another document will close the first one.
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