Chapter 8
Document Calisthenics:New, Open, Save, and Close
In This Chapter
Creating a new document
Saving documents
Updating (resaving) a document
Opening a document
Inserting one document inside another
Closing a document
Retrieving a lost document
I like the word document. It’s elegant. It’s much better than saying “a file” or “that thing I created with my word processor.” A document could include everything from a shopping list to a note excusing little Jimmy’s absence because you thought he might have impetigo but it turned out to be jelly stuck to his chin from the night before — it makes all that trivial text somehow seem more important.
Regardless of size or importance, it’s called a document. It’s the goal of your using Word. You’ll create new documents, conjure up old documents ...
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