Saving and reopening sets of open Word documents?

Question

has anybody figured out how to save all of the documents that are opened in Microsoft Word so that you can reopen them later? Sometimes I'm working on two or three documents at the same time but then have to quit. Rather than we selecting them manually from the file menu, I'd like to be able to reopen Microsoft Word to the state it was last in when I used it. This would be similar to the workspace feature found in WordPerfect and other word processors.

I've been looking for an answer to this for years so if anybody knows how to do it I would be most grateful.

Answer 1

There is the option to Save All and close all. Look under custom commands.

As far as opening them up together, you would have make a shortcut key for that.  If they are saved in the same folder, you could just select them and open them altogether.

Edit: It is possible to create a shortcut that will open specific documents at the same time.  In XP, you will need to write a small VBS script to do what you want.  It is not too difficult but not something the average user could do.

Answer 2

In Microsoft Word you can use File, Save As, Versions.

But really I think all you need is to just look in the File menu.  At the bottom of the File menu it displays the last files opened ready for re-opening.  Called the Recently used file list.  You can change how many files are displayed there in Tools>Options>General>Recently used file list>change the number.

Answer 3

I've been working with Word for over ten years and I don't know of any way of doing what you're asking.  

Sorry.