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Chapter 4: Windows Basics
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Working with documents
Documents are commonly word processing files, spreadsheet files, or other
similar files. The basic methods of creating, saving, opening, and printing a
document apply to most of these types of files.
The following examples illustrate the concepts for creating, saving, opening,
and printing a document in Microsoft
®
Word. Though these examples use
Microsoft Word, similar procedures apply to other programs such as Microsoft
Excel, Microsoft Works, and Microsoft Publisher.
For more information about using a program, select
Help on the menu bar.
Creating a new document
To create a new document:
1 Click Start, then select All Programs, then Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word
starts and a blank document opens.
2 Select File, then select New. The New Document pane opens.
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Support