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excel - Windows close button (x) should only close active workboo.
Excel allows you to configure it to show each open workbook on the taskbar
(Tools-Options-View). At times this gives Excel the look and feel of being in a separate process. Unfortunately, if you forget and hit the close Window (x) button in the top right and do not read the warning messages closely enough - it is all too easy to close more workbooks than you intended and lose data. I'd like to recommend that there is at least an option to treat the close window request as a close workbook request and not close all windows. This would also happily be coniststent with the other Office products. While I "know" the way this works I still cannot count the times I've lost data by quickly opening another workbook for reference and then closing and losing the data I'd been working with in my primary workbook... |
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Then it would be called the Worksheet close button NOT the Windows Close button.
Anyhow, this is a peer to peer assistance group not a Microsoft wish list group. "CoffeeAdict" wrote in message ... : Excel allows you to configure it to show each open workbook on the taskbar : (Tools-Options-View). At times this gives Excel the look and feel of being : in a separate process. Unfortunately, if you forget and hit the close Window : (x) button in the top right and do not read the warning messages closely : enough - it is all too easy to close more workbooks than you intended and : lose data. : : I'd like to recommend that there is at least an option to treat the close : window request as a close workbook request and not close all windows. This : would also happily be coniststent with the other Office products. : : While I "know" the way this works I still cannot count the times I've lost : data by quickly opening another workbook for reference and then closing and : losing the data I'd been working with in my primary workbook... |
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It's interesting you say this is a peer group as I posted here following
instructions at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/contactus.aspx?App=1 where it directs you to the "Use our Make a Suggestion Wizard to submit ideas for any Office product or Office Online feature." I used this Wizard to post to this group! "Lady Layla" wrote: Then it would be called the Worksheet close button NOT the Windows Close button. Anyhow, this is a peer to peer assistance group not a Microsoft wish list group. "CoffeeAdict" wrote in message ... : Excel allows you to configure it to show each open workbook on the taskbar : (Tools-Options-View). At times this gives Excel the look and feel of being : in a separate process. Unfortunately, if you forget and hit the close Window : (x) button in the top right and do not read the warning messages closely : enough - it is all too easy to close more workbooks than you intended and : lose data. : : I'd like to recommend that there is at least an option to treat the close : window request as a close workbook request and not close all windows. This : would also happily be coniststent with the other Office products. : : While I "know" the way this works I still cannot count the times I've lost : data by quickly opening another workbook for reference and then closing and : losing the data I'd been working with in my primary workbook... |
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Hi,
I suggest you practice using the correct methods of closing workbooks and windows. Using the "X" factor is too easy and can cause undue closing problems - like yours. Taking shortcuts is not goodthinking and not clever. - mark -----Original Message----- Excel allows you to configure it to show each open workbook on the taskbar (Tools-Options-View). At times this gives Excel the look and feel of being in a separate process. Unfortunately, if you forget and hit the close Window (x) button in the top right and do not read the warning messages closely enough - it is all too easy to close more workbooks than you intended and lose data. I'd like to recommend that there is at least an option to treat the close window request as a close workbook request and not close all windows. This would also happily be coniststent with the other Office products. While I "know" the way this works I still cannot count the times I've lost data by quickly opening another workbook for reference and then closing and losing the data I'd been working with in my primary workbook... . |
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