Closing a project

Dorico
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I would appreciate it if someone can kindly tell me how to shut down a project or “project closed”. I use a Desktop iMac
Thank you.
Minna_Mansky

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Minna,
to close a project (without quitting Dorico) please try the shortcut
Cmd+Shift+W

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Or you can always click the red button in the upper-left corner of the window. You will be prompted to save any changes (as usual with Mac for the past 40 years).

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Dear k-b:

Thanks for your help with Cmd+Shift+W.

It worked.

Minna_Mansky

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You can see the command and the key combination in the File menu:

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It doesn’t use the “traditional” Command W because a Dorico project can have many windows or tabs open, so Command W closes a window or tab, but it doesn’t close the last window. This is actually the same as other Mac apps, including Safari:

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… though this can vary, depending on how you’ve set up tabs and windows in System Settings.

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I have the same problem running Dorico on Windows. Closing the last open project also makes Dorico exit. I tried CTRL+SHIFT+W. Based on other Windows apps, I would expect Dorico to remain up.

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Thanks Tracy_Icenogle:

I use a macOS

Minna_Mansky

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Hi Tracy,
have you maybe changed the setting to be executed when the last project window is closed? If it’s set it to “Do nothing”, Dorico just exits.

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Yes I had set that to DO NOTHING thinking that it meant “do nothing” but what it really means is EXIT DORICO. Thanks for solving! On to the next conundrum!