That's it! Thanks very much (it's different in Word, as pressing the red x
leaves all other Word files still open)

"John" wrote:

Hi Janet
If you have moore then one workbook open in one window, if you press the
"RED X"
on the top right, you will close everything, but if you press the other "X"
below the top one, second line, you will close only the workbook that you
see, only one at the time.
HTH
John
"janet inglis" <janet wrote in message
...
Whenever I close one excel file, all of the others close at the same time.
This is a huge nuisance, as sometimes I am working with several
spreadsheets
at a time and have to retrieve and re-open them all. Please help!