Closing a document
You can close a document in many ways. If you want to close a document and the program you used to
create the document, close the program using any method described under “Closing a Program” earlier
in this chapter.
Some programs (although WordPad isn’t one of them) enable you to close a document without closing
the program. Such programs provide a File Close option on their menu bar to perform this task.
Programs that enable you to edit several documents simultaneously will generally display each open
document in its own window. That window, in turn, will have Minimize, Maximize/Restore, and Close (X)
buttons. Clicking the Close button on the document’s window closes just that document — not the entire
program.
Tip Closing the program that you’re working in will automatically close all open
documents within that program as well. You will have a chance to save any
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unsaved work.
If you see a dialog box that looks something like Figure 3-5, that means you’ve changed the document
since the last time you saved it. Click whichever button best describes what you want to do:
Yes: Saves your document in its current state, and then closes it.
No: Closes the document without saving your changes. Choose this option only if you made
a mess of things or have ended up with something really weird on your screen that you
don’t want to save.
Cancel: Closes the current dialog box without closing (or saving) your document. You’re
exactly where you were before you opted to close the document.