Chapter 2: Working with Files

Create a New File

When you open an Office program (except Outlook), the program’s Start screen greets you; see Chapter 1 for details. If Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, or Publisher are already open and you want to create a new document, workbook, presentation, database, or publication, you create a new file using Backstage view. When you do, you have the option of creating a blank file or basing the file on a template. Outlook opens by default to the Inbox, and to create a new item in Outlook, whether it is an e-mail message, a calendar appointment, a contact, or a task item, you use the Ribbon.

Create a New File

Create a New Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, or Publisher File

Click the File tab.

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