Files opened when I open Word

When I open word for first time it opens a bunch of other word documents, probably some of the documents that I used and closed last time. Is there anyway to avoid this? I want to open just the file I click.

(I closed the files before close word)

Office 2011, Mac.

Nrc

Posted 2015-04-30T15:29:55.080

Reputation: 119

What OS? version of Office? – Tetsujin – 2015-04-30T15:34:37.843

version 2011 for mac – Nrc – 2015-04-30T15:45:58.667

I guessed it was Mac - Windows can't do that ;-) – Tetsujin – 2015-04-30T16:18:55.037

Answers

To prevent an app, one time, from opening previous windows at launch, hold the Shift ⇧ key immediately after you double-click to launch.
To make it open only the docs you want opened each time, always close unwanted documents before quitting.
To permanently stop it from opening previously open documents, go to Terminal & type
defaults write com.microsoft.Word NSQuitAlwaysKeepsWindows -bool false
then Return⏎
To prevent all apps from reopening windows, go to System Prefs > General : check 'Close windows when quitting an app'

Tetsujin

Posted 2015-04-30T15:29:55.080

Reputation: 22 456