Word 2013 on Demand

Closing a Document and Exiting Word

After you finish working on a document, you can close it. Closing a document frees up more computer memory for other activities. Closing a document is different from exiting, or quitting, Word; after you close a document, Word is still running. You close a document by using the Close command on the File tab (New!), which keeps the Word program window open. Since each document opens in its own program window (New!), you don’t need an Exit command, so you exit Word by using the Close button on the program window. To protect your files, always save your documents and exit before turning off the computer.

Close a Document

Click the File tab, and then click Close.

Timesaver

Press Ctrl+W.

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