Prevent window closing upon saving a document.

Question

How can I prevent the window from closing when I save a document? Often, I want to attach the document to an email after saving. When the window closes, I have to hunt the file down again. When I had Word and Excel on my computer (as opposed to 365) I seem to remember the screen remained open. Have looked and looked for a solution. Of course there are workarounds but would require another step or two. Thanks in advance for providing ideas.

Answer 1

Exactly what seps are you taking to save the file? There are 3 common methods:

1. Click the Save tool on the Quick Access Toolbar,
2. Go to File> Save in the main menu,
3. Use the keyboard shortcut Command+S

Neither should cause the document wwindow to close.

Normal behavior is that the document window does remain open unless you Close the document window or Quit the program.

Even if you do accidentally close the file you shouldn't have to ",,,hunt the file down again." It should be at the top of the File> Open Recent list. Just select it from there in order to reopen it,

If you need further assistance please be sure to indicate the present Version of your Office software as indicated in Word> About Microsoft Word as well as the specific release of macOS.