WD97: How to Exit Windows from Word Using ExitWindows

ID: Q181174

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

You can use the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications ExitWindows method to exit Windows from Word for Windows.

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The ExitWindows method closes all open programs, quits Microsoft Windows, and logs the current user off. This method does not save changes to open Word documents or macros; however, it does prompt you to save changes to open documents in other Windows-based programs. This method is not available on the Macintosh.

To use this command within Word for Windows and still be prompted to save any changes made during the current session, you can use an AutoExit macro, like the following, to exit Windows when you exit Word for Windows. The AutoExit macro runs each time you close Word for Windows.


   Sub AutoExit
      Tasks.ExitWindows
   End Sub

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto