Closing a File

To conserve your computer's resources, close any files you are not working on. You can close open documents one at a time, or you can use one command to close all open files without closing the program. Either way, if you try to close a document without saving your final changes, a dialog box appears, prompting you to do so.

Close One File

Click the Close button.

If necessary, click Yes to save your changes.

Close All Open Files

In Word or Excel, press and hold Shift.

Click the File menu, and then click Close All.

If necessary, click Yes to save your changes.

Did You Know?

Microsoft Word uses one Close button . When two or more documents are open in Word, the window contains one Close button. The Close button closes the document without exiting the program. You might need to click a Word document button on the taskbar to make it active before you click the Close button.