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Closing Multiple Files
Summary: Do you work with lots of workbooks open at the same time? Excel provides a simple way to close all those workbooks at once, as described in this tip. (This tip works with Microsoft Excel 97, Excel 2000, Excel 2002, and Excel 2003.)
While you are working on multiple workbooks, you may also be wondering how you can quickly close all of them, without exiting Excel. The easy way to do this is to hold down the Shift key as you click on the File menu. When you do this, the Close command (which closes a single workbook) instead becomes Close All (which closes all your open workbooks).
Tip #3245 applies to Microsoft Excel versions: 97 2000 2002 2003
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