The setting may be a system setting "Close Windows when quitting an App" in System Preferences -> General.
As a data point, I have this setting checked, Word 2016, OSX 10.11.5 and am not experiencing this behavior. --Susan > On Jun 9, 2016, at 7:15 AM, matthewhall <matthewh...@plfc.org.uk> wrote: > > > Since what you're describing is it always opening the previous document. > > Agreed. I'd try opening Doc A and closing whatever appears - then try > opening Doc A again. > > I'm guessing you'll get Doc A the second time (regardless of what happens the > first). > > > On 2016-06-09 15:20, Derek Balling wrote: > >> I don't have 2016 installed on the laptop I'm currently using BUT, I seem to >> remember there's an option somewhere in Office to "re-open the docs that >> were open when you last closed it". I wonder if disabling that >> function/checkbox changes the behavior. >> >> Since what you're describing is it always opening the previous document. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Roy McMorran <mcmor...@barncrew.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I haven't had much luck with teh Google - let me describe this weird issue >> and ask if anyone has ever seen this. >> >> - MacBook Pro, El Capitan, Word 2016 >> - User has several Word docx files on her desktop. Lets say DocA, DocB, >> DocC. They may have come from various sources, but she has saved them to >> her desktop at some point from inside Word. >> >> - User double-clicks on DocC. Word launches, but opens DocA. >> - User double-clicks on DocB. Word opens DocC. >> >> What the? >> >> Any ideas welcomed, thanks! >> >> -- >> Roy McMorran >> Bar Harbor, ME >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> >> http://lopsa.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
