Creating and Saving Documents

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Creating and Saving a New Document

In this section, you will open a new document and save it. The activities from each of these sections should be entered into this document, which is to be submitted as part of your assignment at the end.

Create a New Document

To create a new document inside Word,

go to the File menu and select "New... ."
A pop-up window will appear.
For now, just leave the default setting to "Blank Document" and with "Document" selected in the "create new" section. A shortcut for starting a new document is to click on the blank page icon at the far left of the menu bar. This shortcut also omits the intermediate step with the pop-up window. Type your Name in the document.

Save a Document

To save this document (see image below):

Go to the File menu and click on the "Save As..." option
Type in your new document's name in the "File name" field. Name your file with the initials of your name followed by an abbreviated module name. For example, Valerie Margit Irvine would name her file: "VMIword1.doc"
Click on the drop-down arrow to find the drive and folder where you want to save the document. The selected folder will appear in the "Save in" drop-down window.
If you want to select a file type other than the default (word document), click on the drop-down menu for "File Type" and use the scroll bar to find a file type and version.
Check your settings to see that they are correct and click the "Save" button.

Now that you have your new document open and saved, please continue to the next section on Viewing Options.