Closing all your files – with a single click

Are you a neat and tidy person and constantly close the files you finished working on?

So if you want to close all open files as well as the desktop app you can right-click the application icon on the taskbar and select Close all windows.

Or why not add it as a button on your Quick Access Toolbar?

Here’s how:

1. Click on the drop-down arrow at the far end of the Quick Access Toolbar. (The one with the Undo, Redo and Save buttons on it).
2. Click on More Commands.
3. In the Choose commands from drop-down list, select All Commands.
4. Scroll down the alphabetical list and double-click on Close All.
5. Click OK or press ENTER.

However, at the moment, this does not work in PowerPoint, for some reason.

Bonus tip: In Excel if you hold down the SHIFT key when you click on the Close button (the cross) in the top right hand corner it also closes all windows and prompts you to Save, Save All or Don’t Save, as normal.