How Close a Word Document that Seems Closed but Word Says is Still Open?

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02-07-2019, 07:50 AM

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Windows 10 How Close a Word Document that Seems Closed but Word Says is Still Open?

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Originally Posted by MGW1138

If you have the preview pane in Windows Explorer on and you used Explorer to launch word you will not be able to delete or rename. The previewer has the doc open.

Thank you for this information. I don't use the previewer so was unaware that it would have this effect. (I generally have at least two versions of Word open when I'm on my computer.)

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