# How to keep ALL my minimized Word docs from popping to life when I open just one? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 10, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-all-my-minimized-word-docs-from-popping-to-life-when-i-open-just-one/233539 "2004-03-10T20:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-all-my-minimized-word-docs-from-popping-to-life-when-i-open-just-one/233539/1 "2004-03-10T20:08:39Z")
This has got to be dumbest Word feature ever invented. I’ve got a bunch of documents minimized at the bottom of my screen, I open _one_ and they _all_ fly open like a flock of scared pigeons. I hope this is a disableable function; but if so, I have not a clue how to turn it off. Can anyone help a fellow Doper out? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-all-my-minimized-word-docs-from-popping-to-life-when-i-open-just-one/233539/2 "2004-03-10T22:02:52Z")
More details needed: Windows version? Office version? ---
**Author:** ![yellowcakesolid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/cdc98d/32.png) [@yellowcakesolid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowcakesolid)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-all-my-minimized-word-docs-from-popping-to-life-when-i-open-just-one/233539/3 "2004-03-11T00:07:37Z")
Try pressing CTRL + F6 to cycle through the documents. Don’t worry about minimizing your documents. Leave all your documents up and use CTRL + F6 to switch from one document to the next.