MS Excel file close question

Factual Questions
1

Before I have a freakin’ stroke working with Excel can someone help me!?!
If you have multipul windows of Excel open, and you wish to close one but not all, you can only use the lower “X” – if you use the Upper “X” in any window it closes all windows of Excel currently open.

The reason this is such a pain in the ass is that MS Word works differently. YOu can use the upper “X” to close on a single instance of Word when you’ve got several open.

Is there a setting I can change to get Excel to function like Word in this regard? If not I’d better order a few spare keyboards 'cause HULK SMASH!!!

ARGH!!!

Thanks

-rainy

2

To my knowledge, there is no way to set Excel up the way you’d like.

Sorry.

3

The way I have done this is to start excel up again for each one. For example - I click on one xls to open it. Then I go to my start button, go down to excel and start excel again and then in excel use “file - open” for the next file I want open. Know what I mean? Then you can dump the one or turn it off and the others stay open. Make sense?

4

Ah, that works. Cumbersome, but it works. I’ll train myself to do that. Thanks, Missy2U!

-rainy

5

another workaround:

don’t use the mouse to close stuff. Alt+F4 = all excel windows. Ctrl+F4 = currently excel window.

(this is universal throughout windows.)

6

Also:

Alt+F; X = all Excel files
Alt+F; C = current Excel file

(I refuse to call a file, a “window.”)

7

call it a ham sandwich, but if you set Tools - Options - View - “Windows in Taskbar” on, it’s a window.