Word 2007 Document Close

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Why does the new version of Word omit the "x" in the upper right corner of
the document that was used to close the document. I do not want to always
have to open the Office Button to close the document. MS fixed something
that wasn't broken apparently.
 
Tue, 13 Mar 2007 18:44:08 -0700 from Losing Patience
Why does the new version of Word omit the "x" in the upper right corner of
the document that was used to close the document. I do not want to always
have to open the Office Button to close the document. MS fixed something
that wasn't broken apparently.
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I haven't spent time with Word 2007, but in Excel 2007 most of the
old keyboard shortcuts still work. I'll bet Ctrl-W(*) will work to
close the current document in Word 2007 -- it's worth a try anyway.



(*) Oddly, Ctrl-W is *not* shown on Word 2003's File menu as a
shortcut for Close, but I've just now tried it and it works.
 
Simply add the Close button to your QAT. The 'x' is missing because Word
2007 (like some previous versions) uses Single Document Interface (SDI) and
not MDI.
 
Seems to me Microsoft could put that "simple" solution in their Help file --
but try searching Help for "close a document" and you get nothing that
remotely refers to it.
 
And to make matters worse, some of the Office 2007 apps *do* use the MDI -
Excel, for example... You'd think they'd at least be _consistent_ throughout
the suite %>{ - what was that old "left hand / right hand" thing?

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 8/31/07 4:10 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "2CV Lady" <2CV
 
I think there was considerable discussion of this during development, and
there were some technical obstacles it was impossible or impractical to
overcome.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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