Canceling a Menu

by Allen Wyatt
(last updated March 15, 2019)

If you begin to select an option from one of the Word menus, you can cancel the menu by one of three methods:

Press Esc twice (the second time is necessary to return you to your document)
Click on the menu name a second time
Click somewhere outside the menu area

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Allen Wyatt

With more than 50 non-fiction books and numerous magazine articles to his credit, Allen Wyatt is an internationally recognized author. He is president of Sharon Parq Associates, a computer and publishing services company. Learn more about Allen...

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