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.Some programs (although WordPad isn t one of them) enable you to close a document without closingthe 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 opendocument 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 entireprogram.Tip Closing the program that you re working in will automatically close all opendocuments within that program as well.You will have a chance to save anypage 60 Windows XP Bibleunsaved work.If you see a dialog box that looks something like Figure 3-5, that means you ve changed the documentsince 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 madea mess of things or have ended up with something really weird on your screen that youdon t want to save.Cancel: Closes the current dialog box without closing (or saving) your document.You reexactly where you were before you opted to close the document.Figure 3-5: Last chance to save the current document before closing itOpening DocumentsOpening documents is one of those tasks that virtually all computer users do several times a day.Sonaturally, Windows offers umpteen different ways to do it.Of course, there is no wrong way or right way.It s all just a matter of using whichever method is most convenient at the moment.Note that it s rarelynecessary to open the program first.If you just open the document from Windows, the appropriateprogram for working with that document will open automatically we well.From the Start menuThe My Recent Documents option on the Start menu keeps track of documents you ve worked withlately.So one quick and easy way to open a document is to click the Start button and then point to orclick My Recent Documents, as in Figure 3-6.If you see the name of the document you want to open,just click its name.Figure 3-6: The My Recent Documents menu, off of the Start menuIf you don t see a My Recent Documents option on your Start menu, but would like to have one, right-click the Start button and choose Properties.Click the Customize button next to Start Menu, and thenclick the Advanced tab.Then choose the Show Most Recently Used Documents check box near thebottom of the dialog box.Close both open dialog boxes, as usual, by clicking their OK buttons.page 61 Windows XP BibleFrom ExplorerAs you know from Chapter 2, Windows Explorer enables you to view the contents of any disk, and anyfolder that s in a disk.You can open any document by navigating to its folder in Explorer and thenclicking (or double-clicking) the document s file name or icon.To open a document you saved in MyDocuments, for example, you can click the Start button and choose to go straight to that folder.Thenclick the icon for the document you want to open.If the document isn t in My Documents, you can navigate to the folder that does contain the documentfrom within Explorer.If the document is in Shared Documents, but you re currently viewing MyDocuments in Explorer, for example, just click Shared Documents under Other Places in the Explorerbar.Explorer will then show the contents of the Shared Documents folder, and you can click (or double-click) the document s icon there.From a programYet another way to open a document is to use the File menu inside the program you want to use to editthe document.Although the exact steps may vary a little from program to program, this procedure doeswork in most programs:1.If you haven t already done so, start the program you want to use to edit the document youwant to open.2.From this program s menu bar, choose File.3.Often the File menu will display a list of recently saved documents, as in the example shownin Figure 3-7.If you see the document you want to open, click its name and skip the rest ofthe steps.Figure 3-7: Many programs list recently edited documents right on the File menu.Here they renumbered 1 4.4.Choose Open to get to the Open dialog box.In most programs, the Open dialog box willautomatically display the contents of the My Documents folder, as in Figure 3-8.page 62 Windows XP BibleFigure 3-8: The Open dialog box enables you to locate and open a document from within aprogram.5.If your document isn t in the current folder, navigate to the appropriate folder using theLook in drop-down list, or by opening the appropriate folder from the list of folder and filenames, or by clicking on an option in the left pane.6.When you do get to the appropriate folder, click (or double-click) the icon for the file youwant to open.If the program you re using enables you to open multiple documents, and you want to open several fromthe current folder, you can hold down the Ctrl key as you point to or click the names of the files you wantto open.Then click the Open button to open them all
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