you
when you open Word 2010 the first thing
you'll see is a blank canvas that looks
like a white sheet of paper this is a
new blank document but what if you had
another document in front of you that
wasn't blank
maybe something you've already been
working on how would you open a new file
start by clicking the file tab to go to
the backstage view and then from there
click new you can either open a blank
document which is highlighted
automatically or a sample template
that's installed on your computer or a
template downloaded from office.com a
template is just a file that's already
been designed or outlined to help you
save time and create a document that
looks professional we're going to go
over them in detail in a later lesson so
this time let's select the blank
document here click create and it will
open in a new window to open an existing
document that's already saved to your
computer click file to return to the
backstage view if the document you're
looking for is something you've worked
on recently you might be able to find it
under recent where your most recent
files are listed here on the right
otherwise the easiest way to open any
file is to click open which takes you to
the files and the folders on your
computer now select the file you're
looking for click open and it appears in
a new window