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When you're done word processing and don't expect to return to it anytime soon, you should quit (or exit) the Word 2007 program. Just as there are many ways to start Word, there are several ways to quit Word as well. You can quit the program outright, you can pause and start over, or you can set Word aside.
Quitting Word
Quitting a computer program is like putting away a book on a shelf. In the electronic world of the computer, this is how you do such a thing:
1. Choose Exit Word from the Office Button menu.
2. Save any files when Word prompts you to do so.
Word always warns you before it leaves; if you have any unsaved documents, you're prompted to save them to disk. You see a warning displayed on the screen.
Click Yes to save your file. You may be asked to give the file a name, if you haven't yet done so.
If what you typed isn't worth saving, click No.
You can click Cancel to "quit" the Exit Word command and return to Word for more word processing delight.
If you elect to quit, Word closes its window. Poof! It's gone. You return to Windows or some other program.
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- Don't quit Word by resetting or turning off your computer! It's a bad thing.
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.
| - Closing a document in Word is similar to ripping a sheet of paper out of your typewriter — but without the satisfying SSHHHTHWP! sound it makes.
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- There's no need to close a document, really. In fact, you could work on a document over a period of days and keep it open (and your PC on) the entire time. It doesn't hurt a thing. (Of course, you should occasionally save it to disk, which is important.)
- When you try to close a document before it has been saved, Word displays a warning dialog box. Click the Yes button to save your document. If you want to continue editing, click the Cancel button and get back to work.
- The keyboard shortcut for the Close command is Ctrl+W.
Putting Word away for a spell
There's no need to quit Word if you know that you will be using it again soon. The secret is to use the Minimize button. The Minimize button is the first of the three buttons in the window's upper-right corner.
Clicking the Minimize button shrinks the Word window to a button on the taskbar. With the window out of the way, you can do other things with your computer. Then, when you're ready to word-process again, click the Word button on the taskbar to restore the Word window to the screen.
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