Quit Method

Applies To

Application object.

Description

Quits Word and optionally saves or routes the open documents.

Syntax

expression.Quit(SaveChanges, Format, RouteDocument)

expression Required. An expression that returns an Application object.

SaveChanges Optional Variant. Specifies whether Word saves changed documents before quitting. Can be one of the following WdSaveOptions constants: wdDoNotSaveChanges, wdPromptToSaveChanges, or wdSaveChanges.

OriginalFormat Optional Variant. Specifies the way Word saves documents whose original format was not Word Document format. Can be one of the following WdOriginalFormat constants: wdOriginalDocumentFormat, wdPromptUser, or wdWordDocument.

RouteDocument Optional Variant. True to route the document to the next recipient. If the document doesn't have a routing slip attached, this argument is ignored.

See Also

ExitWindows method, Quit event.

Example

This example quits Word and prompts the user to save each document that has changed since it was last saved.

Application.Quit SaveChanges:=wdPromptToSaveChanges

This example prompts the user to save all documents. If the user clicks the Yes button, all documents are saved in the Word format before Word quits.

response = MsgBox("Do you want to save all documents?", vbYesNo)
If response = vbYes Then Application.Quit _
    SaveChanges:=wdSaveChanges, OriginalFormat:=wdWordDocument