Open docs

[SpiKe]

I quite often have several Word docs open at the same time.

If I need to go into a folder to do something (say create a new doc) when I
have finished and close the new doc it always takes me back to an open doc.
This is really quite annoying as most of the time I dont want that = I
usually want to stay in the folder to create another doc.

Is there any way I can stop it from doing this.

That is :

If I minimise a doc (or more) so that I can work in a folder can I stop Word
from automatically re-opening them when I close the new doc. (sorry if that
isnt very clear).

 

[Richard Neville]

Word isn't re-opening the document, as you never closed it; it is just
reverting to where you were before you went to the folder. If you have three
documents open and close one of them, the computer staying in the Word
application until you tell it to go elsewhere, like to Windows Explorer and
folders. Likewise, if you close Windows Explorer the computer goes back to
where it was before.

If you end up in the wrong Word document, simply press Ctrl+F6 continually
until you get to the one you want. Or, to navigate between Word and Windows
Explorer, hold down Alt and press Tab until you reach where you want to be.

 

[SpiKe]

Perhaps I should have said re-maximising them which is what I dont want. I
want to stay in the folder. When it re-maximises them the folder gets
minimised. which is what I find annoying

But thanks for the tips.

 

[Herb Tyson [MVP]]

It's not clear what you mean. When you say "folder", what exactly do you
mean? Do you mean the File - Open dialog box? the Windows Explorer window?

It would help if you could take us through some steps so we can see exactly
what you're talking about, and then possibly suggest a way to get the
behavior you seek.

 

[SpiKe]

It's not clear what you mean. When you say "folder", what exactly do you
mean? Do you mean the File - Open dialog box? the Windows Explorer window?

An E Window

It would help if you could take us through some steps so we can see
exactly what you're talking about, and then possibly suggest a way to get
the behavior you seek.

Well, lets say I have a Word doc (A) open.

I then open a folder to create a new W doc (X).

I cut and paste what I have to to that new doc (X).

And then I want to create another doc (Y) in the same folder

As soon as I close doc (X)

Word minimises my folder and maximises Doc (A) again

This is annoying because

a) I havent finished in the folder
b) Sometimes I have more than one W doc open and re- max's them all

I dont know.....you might think it trivial but I do a lot (and I mean a lot)
of this

I realise that all I have to do is re-max the folder but sometimes I can
have
up to ten folders open and maybe twenty W docs

So it can be really annoying

I would like to be able to have the W docs stay minimised until I decide to
re-max them.

I hope that was clear enough

TIA