[Solved] Can't find minimized unsaved docs

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Donnaclark
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[Solved] Can't find minimized unsaved docs

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Until about a month ago, all minimized docs would be offered as choices when clicking on the Office icon in the task bar (Windows 10), Dell computer. Now I get only the most recent doc and if another doc is unsaved I can't find it at all unless I initiate signing out of Windows. Saved docs would be in their file locations, but not easily accessed via the icon any more. Is this an intentional change, or is there a remedy?
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Re: Can't find minimized unsaved docs

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This is not the behavior I see on my Windows system. It seems to be a Windows problem rather than anything with OpenOffice. If you right click on an empty area of the Taskbar and select Taskbar Settings, can you set Combine Taskbar Buttons to Never?
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Yes. Currently it is set to Always, hide labels. Should it be never?
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Re: Can't find minimized unsaved docs

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I just tried Never, and it didn't change the behavior initially, but when I closed the one document that showed up, all of the apps on the taskbar disappeared.
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Re: Can't find minimized unsaved docs

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I works fine for me too so it is a problem on your PC.

Window ..., allows you to see all open documents and select which to display.
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Re: Can't find minimized unsaved docs

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Thank you. That should be a good work-around.
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Re: Can't find minimized unsaved docs

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It is always good practice to name a document (/File /Save as) as soon as commenced, even if only a temporary name.
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