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 Create a new document
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From the File menu, choose New
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From the Task Pane, select Blank Document
or New from Template
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Or,
click the New document button  (first button
on the Standard toolbar)
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Remember to save your new document
early in the process of creating it. Then, continue to save your
changes as you edit the document. See the instructions for Saving
below.
Save a
document
Save early and save
your changes often!!!
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To save, from the File menu, choose Save
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Or, click the Save button on the Standard
toolbar
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The first time you save you must name
your file and assign it to a storage location in the Windows storage system.
Name and save the document in My Documents
folder on your computer’s hard drive. My Documents is the default location for
saving documents.
Save and Save As:
What’s the difference?
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Use Save As to save a copy of a document
in a different storage location.
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Use Save As to create a new document from
changes you made to an existing document. To do this, open the document,
make the changes and use Save As to give the changed document a new name.
The original document will be unchanged and closed.
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Open an Existing
Document
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From the File menu, chose Open
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In the Open dialog box, navigate to the
storage location for the document you wish to open
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Double click to open folders
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Double click on the document icon to open
the document or click the Open button on the dialog box
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View a
Document
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To see your document the way it will look
when it is printed, from the View Menu, choose Print Layout. Word is easier to
use if you stay in Print Layout view all the time. Use the zoom button on the
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Show and Hide White
Space
Word 2002 will give you
an option to show or hide white space at the top and bottom of a document.
Point to the bottom of a page and an icon with two arrows will appear. If you
click when the icon is displayed, you will either hide or show white space.
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