How do I delete a Word document without closing Word (2007)?

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I'm not really new to Word, but I AM new to Word 2007. And in some ways, it
is VERY different. Here is my current question: How do I delete a Word
document without closing Word (2007)? Thanks in advance to whomever may be
able to help.
 
Candy said:
I'm not really new to Word, but I AM new to Word 2007. And in some
ways, it is VERY different. Here is my current question: How do I
delete a Word document without closing Word (2007)? Thanks in
advance to whomever may be able to help.
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You can _close_ a document without closing Word by pressing Ctrl+W or
Ctrl+F4, or using the Close item on the menu from the Office button. Or you
can add a Close button to the Quick Access Toolbar.

You can't _delete_ an open document. Once it's closed, you can delete its
file from the disk by going to the Open dialog or the Save As dialog, or by
using Windows Explorer.

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Is the closed button called somerhing else? I can't seem to find it. Can
anyone tell me where it is? Thanks.

Candy
 
Answered my own question. Scary. ;-)

It was not in the popular options. To anyone else looking to do the same
thing - you have to click on ALL OPTIONS before that choice appears.
 
Of course, it is completely logical that Close would not be a popular
choice! <g>

Terry Farrell
 
Probably but I admit I haven't done that yet. I feel the need to be a lot
more comfortable with the default ribbon before I go tweaking it to suit my
needs.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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Candy said:
Cool! Thanks. Is there any way to add that button to the toolbar?

Candy
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JoAnn Paules said:
Click on the office button in the upper left corner. Select close.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
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You can right-click the Close command on the Office button menu and choose "Add
to Quick Access Toolbar". That will give you the same button you already found
in the Customize dialog, but more easily.

Almost everything you see in Word can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar that
way. But you need the Customize dialog for commands that aren't on the ribbon
and for macros.

Probably but I admit I haven't done that yet. I feel the need to be a lot
more comfortable with the default ribbon before I go tweaking it to suit my
needs.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Candy said:
Cool! Thanks. Is there any way to add that button to the toolbar?

Candy
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JoAnn Paules said:
Click on the office button in the upper left corner. Select close.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
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I'm not ready to go there yet. I'm still fumbling around a bit to find the
basics. Once I feel good about my skills, I'll start modifying the ribbon.
;-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Jay Freedman said:
You can right-click the Close command on the Office button menu and choose
"Add
to Quick Access Toolbar". That will give you the same button you already
found
in the Customize dialog, but more easily.

Almost everything you see in Word can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar
that
way. But you need the Customize dialog for commands that aren't on the
ribbon
and for macros.

Probably but I admit I haven't done that yet. I feel the need to be a lot
more comfortable with the default ribbon before I go tweaking it to suit
my
needs.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Candy said:
Cool! Thanks. Is there any way to add that button to the toolbar?

Candy
------------------------------------------------------------------
:

Click on the office button in the upper left corner. Select close.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so all may benefit.
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This isn't about modifying the ribbon -- that's a whole other topic, and one
that Microsoft has made so complicated that only developers and other geeks
will ever go there. Adding and removing buttons on the Quick Access Toolbar
(which is technically not part of the ribbon) is very easy, usually one
right-click and one left-click.

JoAnn said:
I'm not ready to go there yet. I'm still fumbling around a bit to
find the basics. Once I feel good about my skills, I'll start
modifying the ribbon. ;-)


Jay Freedman said:
You can right-click the Close command on the Office button menu and
choose "Add
to Quick Access Toolbar". That will give you the same button you
already found
in the Customize dialog, but more easily.

Almost everything you see in Word can be added to the Quick Access
Toolbar that
way. But you need the Customize dialog for commands that aren't on
the ribbon
and for macros.

Probably but I admit I haven't done that yet. I feel the need to be
a lot more comfortable with the default ribbon before I go tweaking
it to suit my
needs.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Cool! Thanks. Is there any way to add that button to the toolbar?

Candy
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:

Click on the office button in the upper left corner. Select close.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
Click to expand...

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.
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Now THAT I can handle. ;-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Jay Freedman said:
This isn't about modifying the ribbon -- that's a whole other topic, and
one that Microsoft has made so complicated that only developers and other
geeks will ever go there. Adding and removing buttons on the Quick Access
Toolbar (which is technically not part of the ribbon) is very easy,
usually one right-click and one left-click.

JoAnn said:
I'm not ready to go there yet. I'm still fumbling around a bit to
find the basics. Once I feel good about my skills, I'll start
modifying the ribbon. ;-)


Jay Freedman said:
You can right-click the Close command on the Office button menu and
choose "Add
to Quick Access Toolbar". That will give you the same button you
already found
in the Customize dialog, but more easily.

Almost everything you see in Word can be added to the Quick Access
Toolbar that
way. But you need the Customize dialog for commands that aren't on
the ribbon
and for macros.

On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:27:43 -0500, "JoAnn Paules"
<[email protected]>
wrote:

Probably but I admit I haven't done that yet. I feel the need to be
a lot more comfortable with the default ribbon before I go tweaking
it to suit my
needs.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Cool! Thanks. Is there any way to add that button to the toolbar?

Candy
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:

Click on the office button in the upper left corner. Select close.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
newsgroup so all may benefit.
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