How do I stop multiple files from opening at once?

before you exit Word, Excel or Powerpoint, click on the red button on the left hand side of every file that is opening up. That way, if you open Word, Excel or Powerpoint, it starts with one blank page.

also check your prefences in your office apps, Word - preferences - general - take the checkmark off " track recently opened documents " then click ok.....Do the same with Excel and Powerpoint.

good luck...

When you restart or shut down you have the option to "Reopen Windows when Logging Back In". Untick this option and neither the applications nor the documents you have open un shutdown will reopen when you log back in. If this doesn't solve your problem, try the Microsoft Office for Mac users forum - http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac,

Regards,

Clinton

maefromfl wrote:

This happens at the time I want to use the program, not, when I'm done and want to exit the program..

Hence the reason why i asked you to go to Word - Preferences - General and take the checkmark off track recently opened documents. Do the same with Excel and Powerpoint.

As I suggested - take your question to the Microsoft Answers users forum - I've never heard of anything like that happening.

Clinton

@ Clinton - The setting she needs is within the MS Office apps....it's a simple checkmark....If you're using Office you can see it...

Let me check - I have Word open now - I have "Track..." open but I thought that was only for "Open Recent..." where I have 10 documents selected. I don't have that problem of opening all those documents as start-up, just the files that I had opened when I shut down or restart (as I have the "Reopen windows..." option ticked).

Did you open the box yet? Whattaya think?

Clinton

Opened the Retina - Nice Screen - Installed Office and Photoshop, ran word and excel turned it off....

Display wasn't great with office apps...Will play with it again tomorrow...

try restarting your macbook.......

just tested in in mine with and without the checkmark, with the checkmark on, documents that i did not close when I exited opened again when I start Word

when i took the checkmark off, documents I left opened when I exited, stayed close when I started Word.

try this one too.......

system preferences - general - put a checkmark on Close windows when quitting an application.

let me know if that sorts it out for you...

good luck..