Is it possible to rename an open Word document without closing it?

I just ask this question as I do not believe that after so many versions of Word, it wouldn't exist.

Usually when I'm working on a document and I realize I have to rename it, I have to close the document down, go to file explorer and then rename it, and then opening it up again.

It's a procedure that's so ingrained in my usage pattern that I didn't realize until now that I'm actually having to open and close multiple windows/ applications etc. simply to rename a file. Surely, it's the year 2012, I should be able to do a simple thing like that with a few clicks right?

So is there a way to just rename the file name of a word /excel / office document without having to close it first?

Word opens documents in exclusive mode AFAIK, so this locks the files and prevents access by other programs until the lock is released by closing the files or Word itself. I don't think providing shared access to documents is a workable solution, otherwise it would surely have been implemented long back if it made sense.

Yes, it's possible!

At least on a Mac (OS X 10.8.5). Just Cmd + click on the file name on top of your opened Office document, that you want to rename. You then see the path where the file is located. Next you click on the name of the folder directly under the file name. The name then appears in a Finder screen, where you can adjust its name to whatever you want.

So no need to first close the file, nor to use 'save as' and removing the first file from the finder! (I don't know if the same or similar trick works out in Windows.)