Improve consistency in how Excel and Word 2003 close.

If you have >1 Word document open, the "BIG X" closes only the current
document. (It behaves the same way as if you want to close one document with
the "little "X".) In Excel, if you hit the "big X", you close all open
spreadsheets. I don't care which way you go, but do it the same way in each.
One could argue in either direction, but this fuzziness has lead me to lose
a lot of work, particularly when I am rushing to meet a deadline. Yes, it's
my error, but....

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Inconsistent yes, but if you have made any changes then you will be prompted
to save so you do get a second chance. It doesn't stop you hitting 'Don't
save' though and losing your data.

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-)
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"Florence Moosengale" <Florence [email protected]> wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
> If you have >1 Word document open, the "BIG X" closes only the current
> document. (It behaves the same way as if you want to close one document
> with
> the "little "X".) In Excel, if you hit the "big X", you close all open
> spreadsheets. I don't care which way you go, but do it the same way in
> each.
> One could argue in either direction, but this fuzziness has lead me to
> lose
> a lot of work, particularly when I am rushing to meet a deadline. Yes,
> it's
> my error, but....
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc

Quite right!
Except that even the "Do you really want to lose all your data?" message
becomes comfusing if in WORD it means "lose this document" and in Excel it
means "lose not only this workbook but all the others that happen to be
open". Woops! Forgot that one! It's gone. Start again.
The beauty of Windows, perhaps taken for granted by users who didn't work in
DOS days and before, was that all programs that run under it were to give
computer users an environment where they could jump from one program to
another, understand the commands, and expect consistency. Okay, this is a
little problem, but what we should all be striving for is excellence, not
"sort of good".

"Ken Wright" wrote:

> Inconsistent yes, but if you have made any changes then you will be prompted
> to save so you do get a second chance. It doesn't stop you hitting 'Don't
> save' though and losing your data.
>
> --
> Regards
> Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
> Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03
>
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> It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-)
> ------------------------------Â*------------------------------Â*----------------
>
>
> "Florence Moosengale" <Florence [email protected]> wrote
> in message news:[email protected]...
> > If you have >1 Word document open, the "BIG X" closes only the current
> > document. (It behaves the same way as if you want to close one document
> > with
> > the "little "X".) In Excel, if you hit the "big X", you close all open
> > spreadsheets. I don't care which way you go, but do it the same way in
> > each.
> > One could argue in either direction, but this fuzziness has lead me to
> > lose
> > a lot of work, particularly when I am rushing to meet a deadline. Yes,
> > it's
> > my error, but....
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
> > this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc
>
>
>

You may want to turn off tools|options|windows in taskbar.

Then excel will behave like xl97 did/does.

It may be enough to remind you that closing the application means closing the
application.



Florence Moosengale wrote:
>
> If you have >1 Word document open, the "BIG X" closes only the current
> document. (It behaves the same way as if you want to close one document with
> the "little "X".) In Excel, if you hit the "big X", you close all open
> spreadsheets. I don't care which way you go, but do it the same way in each.
> One could argue in either direction, but this fuzziness has lead me to lose
> a lot of work, particularly when I am rushing to meet a deadline. Yes, it's
> my error, but....
>
> ----------------
> This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc

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Dave Peterson

When I close Excel with application "x" I get a prompt for each and every
workbook I have open and have made changes to.


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:36:19 -0800, "Florence Moosengale"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Quite right!
>Except that even the "Do you really want to lose all your data?" message
>becomes comfusing if in WORD it means "lose this document" and in Excel it
>means "lose not only this workbook but all the others that happen to be
>open". Woops! Forgot that one! It's gone. Start again.
>The beauty of Windows, perhaps taken for granted by users who didn't work in
>DOS days and before, was that all programs that run under it were to give
>computer users an environment where they could jump from one program to
>another, understand the commands, and expect consistency. Okay, this is a
>little problem, but what we should all be striving for is excellence, not
>"sort of good".
>
>"Ken Wright" wrote:
>
>> Inconsistent yes, but if you have made any changes then you will be prompted
>> to save so you do get a second chance. It doesn't stop you hitting 'Don't
>> save' though and losing your data.
>>
>> --
>> Regards
>> Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
>> Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03
>>
>> ------------------------------*------------------------------*----------------
>> It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission :-)
>> ------------------------------*------------------------------*----------------
>>
>>
>> "Florence Moosengale" <Florence [email protected]> wrote
>> in message news:[email protected]...
>> > If you have >1 Word document open, the "BIG X" closes only the current
>> > document. (It behaves the same way as if you want to close one document
>> > with
>> > the "little "X".) In Excel, if you hit the "big X", you close all open
>> > spreadsheets. I don't care which way you go, but do it the same way in
>> > each.
>> > One could argue in either direction, but this fuzziness has lead me to
>> > lose
>> > a lot of work, particularly when I am rushing to meet a deadline. Yes,
>> > it's
>> > my error, but....
>> >
>> > ----------------
>> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
>> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
>> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow
>> > this
>> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
>> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
>> >
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc
>>
>>
>>

Thanks Dave (and others).
I don't think it solves the problem, but then, the problem shouldn't be
blown out of proportion. It's not a bug, just an inconsistency, and from the
get go, I confessed that it was a user error.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> You may want to turn off tools|options|windows in taskbar.
>
> Then excel will behave like xl97 did/does.
>
> It may be enough to remind you that closing the application means closing the
> application.
>
>
>
> Florence Moosengale wrote:
> >
> > If you have >1 Word document open, the "BIG X" closes only the current
> > document. (It behaves the same way as if you want to close one document with
> > the "little "X".) In Excel, if you hit the "big X", you close all open
> > spreadsheets. I don't care which way you go, but do it the same way in each.
> > One could argue in either direction, but this fuzziness has lead me to lose
> > a lot of work, particularly when I am rushing to meet a deadline. Yes, it's
> > my error, but....
> >
> > ----------------
> > This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
> > suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
> > Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
> > link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
> > click "I Agree" in the message pane.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...lic.excel.misc
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>