It is often necessary  to have multiple documents open at the same time but when it comes to closing these documents a lot of time can be wasted. So why not close all documents at once!

Before pressing the File command, press the Shift key and the command Close All will appear instead of Close.

Select Close All and all open documents will close.

This tip works in both Word and Excel.

Learn how to use this same method to Save All files in Word.