On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Joost Verburg wrote: > Enrico Forestieri wrote: > > > Why? Isn't the X button enough? > > > > Huh? You were asking for a way to open a new window with the same > > document loaded in it, or did I get you wrong? > > > For example, the first time I used > > powerpoint with two different documents, I was really surprised and > > upset by the fact that quitting a document window by hitting the X > > shaped icon in the upper right corner was also quitting the other > > window. > > You're wrong here. Clicking the X only closes the current window, not the > others. That's also how Microsoft Office works.
It's kind of strong to state that he's "wrong". Can you say for sure this is how *all* versions of powerpoint has worked? > Having both a "Close Window" menu entry and an X button is not necessary. A menu entry has the advantage that it allows you to see the keyboard shortcut for closing the window. But maybe there is some other way to let users know this. (I know about Alt-F4 and Ctrl-F4, but I'm not certain the average user does). /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
