Wiley Word 2007 For Dummies 978-0-470-03658-7 User Manual

If you elect to quit, Word closes its window. Poof! It’s gone. You return to
Windows or some other program, such as FreeCell, which you know you
shouldn’t be playing anyway.

 You don’t have to quit Word just to start editing another document.

Refer to the next few sections for helpful, time-saving information!

 Do not quit Word by resetting or turning off your computer! It’s a bad

. Trust me on this one.

How to quit what you’re doing

without quitting Word

It’s not always necessary to quit Word. For example, if you’re merely stopping
work on one document to work on another, quitting Word is a waste of time.
Instead, you can close one document and then open another. Or, better still,
you can simply open the new document and keep the old one active; you can
then easily switch between the documents.

To close a document in Word, choose the Close command from the Office
Button menu. This doesn’t quit Word, but it removes the document from the
screen, allowing you to stay in Word or work on another document.

Likewise, you can start up a new document in Word, just like sticking a blank
sheet of paper into a typewriter. See Chapter 3, the section about starting out
with a new document.

Bottom line: There’s no point is quitting Word when all you want to do is start
editing a new document.

 Closing a document in Word is similar to ripping a sheet of paper out

of your typewriter — but without the satisfying SSHHHHHTHWP! sound
it makes.

 There’s no need to close a document, really. In fact, I work on a docu-

ment over a period of days and keep it open (and my PC on) the entire
time. Doesn’t hurt a thing. (I do occasionally save it to disk, which is
important.)

Better click

that Yes

button!

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