Shut down requires closing office applications

[Cuchulain]

In earlier versions of my workstation when I clicked on shut down and then
selected shut down my machine would close all open applications and then shut
down.

With my new workstation when I do this I get the message "Pleas close all
Microsoft Office applications before shutting down the system."

I have to manually close each application before shutting down.
Interestingly, other non-Office applications still close as before.

I've looked all through Office to find a setting that will turn this on and
off and have searched through Help but have not found anything. Is there a
place where I can change this setting and allow closure of all programs
automatically?

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

In earlier versions of my workstation when I clicked on shut down and
then selected shut down my machine would close all open applications
and then shut down.

With my new workstation when I do this I get the message "Pleas close
all Microsoft Office applications before shutting down the system."

I have to manually close each application before shutting down.
Interestingly, other non-Office applications still close as before.

I've looked all through Office to find a setting that will turn this
on and off and have searched through Help but have not found
anything. Is there a place where I can change this setting and allow
closure of all programs automatically?

It is good practise to close each application /before/ shutting the system
down. Doing it the other way /may/ cause file and application corruption.