From: ign on
I had this issue too, it is most annoying when opening new docs too. It is
easily fixed though.

From Word Options > Advanced > Display, uncheck the 'show all windows in the
taskbar'. All documents will then have the 'x' close icon and the min/max
icons..

Hope this helps

Ivan

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:40:01 -0800, Jeanne <Jeanne(a)discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I agree - very frustrating.
>Jeanne
>
>"Karin" wrote:
>
>> Thanks - I have done the same thing but find it really annoying not to have
>> the "X" - all the other programs have it. I open and close a zillion docs a
>> day that I have to open through a 3rd party software program. I don't want to
>> close Word, just the open document. Frustrating.
>>
>> "Jeanne" wrote:
>>
>> > I put the "close button" in my quick access toolbar. Not sure why the "x"
>> > was taken away - it is still in Excel.
>> >
>> > "Karin" wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi, I've recently upgraded to 2007 and notice that the button ("X") that used
>> > > to close the current window (not the whole Word program) seems to be gone.
>> > > Is there some setting I can use to get it back? Thanks.