Workbook May Not Be Closed When You Click Close Button
Article ID: 176346
Article Last Modified on 8/17/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 95 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Excel 98 for Macintosh
This article was previously published under Q176346
SYMPTOMS
If you click the Close button (the box with an "X") in a workbook, nothing
happens; you are not prompted to save the workbook, and the workbook is
not closed.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you are editing a cell (you are in edit mode) and
you click the Close button.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, click Close on the File menu.
Or, exit edit mode by pressing ESCAPE. When you click the Close button,
Microsoft Excel closes workbook.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
In Microsoft Excel for Windows, the Close button is the "X" button located
in the upper-right corner of the workbook window. Note that this button is
different from the "X" button that is located in the upper-right corner of
the program window.
In Microsoft Excel for the Macintosh, the Close button is the square
button located in the upper-left corner of the workbook window.
Normally, when you click the Close button, Microsoft Excel behaves as
though you clicked Close on the File menu. If the workbook has been
changed, you are prompted to save changes to the file. Then, the workbook
is closed.
Additional query words: XL5 XL7 XL97 don't save XL
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