Word always hangs around whenever I close a .doc.....it sits there in the middle of my screen, like a big grey elephant, blotting out everything else, including whatever folder I had open, with the list of files I was trying to consecutively edit. So, I've fallen into the habit of using the X box to shut off Word when I really just want to save and close the current .doc. I do this because it's the fastest way to get the heck out of the .doc and see the list of files I need to edit next.
But this means when I double click each subsequent file to edit it, Word has to entirely re-load before showing me the document...that takes time, too.
I would prefer to do a File Close when I'm finished editing a doc, but that approach causes a bunch of mouse movements and clicks just to make that happen, and does NOT get rid of the unwanted grey elephantine empty Word app, blotting out everything.
So the question becomes, is there a way to save and close a .doc, and make Word minimize automatically, with ONE mouse click?
Over years of working with Word, this one capability would probably save a typical user many hours of totally unnecessary mousety-clicking.
