Most features in Microsoft Office, including Word, are geared towards saving and sharing
files online.
This is done with OneDrive, which is an online storage space for your documents and files,
so you can access them even when you’re away from your computer.
If you want to use OneDrive, make sure you’re logged into Word with your Microsoft account.
Whether or not you’re using OneDrive, in Word, most new projects begin the same way—with
creating or opening a new, blank document.
All you have to do is go to the backstage view… and choose New.
If you prefer to start from scratch, go ahead and click the thumbnail that says Blank Document…
and you can get straight to work.
But you can also start with a template.
You'll find them in the very same place in the backstage view.
A template is a file that comes with its own design and sometimes placeholders for your
content.
They make it easy to create professional-looking documents without a lot of time and effort.
You can browse the ones you see here, or you can search for something.
If you see a template you like, just click to view a preview… then click the Create
button.
Opening an existing document is also very easy.
Again, you'll want to go to the backstage view… but this time, click Open in the left
pane.
If the document you're looking for is something you've worked on recently, it might be listed
under Recent Documents.
In fact, you can "pin" certain documents here, so you always have access to your most frequently
used files.
All you have to do is move your cursor over the file, then click the pushpin icon.
To unpin it, click the icon again.
You can pin as many documents as you want.
If the file you're looking for hasn't been opened recently, just look to the other options.
For example, under OneDrive… you can access files that are saved online to your OneDrive
account.
Under This PC… you can access files that are saved locally.
Or you can click Browse… then select the document you want.
When you're ready, click Open… and the document will appear.
Now you know how to create and open documents in Word.