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In Word, most new projects begin the same
way—with creating or opening a new, blank

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document.

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All you have to do is go to the backstage
view… and choose New.

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If you prefer to start from scratch, go ahead
and click the thumbnail that says Blank Document…

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and you can get straight to work.

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But you can also start with a template.

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You'll find them in the very same place in
the backstage view.

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A template is a file that comes with its own
design and sometimes placeholders for your

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content.

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They make it easy to create professional-looking
documents without a lot of time and effort.

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You can browse the ones you see here, or you
can search for something specific.

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If you see a template you like, just click
to view a preview… then click the Create

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button.

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Opening an existing document is also very
easy.

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Again, you'll want to go to the backstage
view… but this time, click Open in the left

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pane.

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If the document you're looking for is something
you've worked on recently, it might be listed

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under Recent Documents.

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In fact, you can "pin" certain documents here,
so you always have access to your most frequently

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used files.

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All you have to do is mouse over the file,
then click the pushpin icon.

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To unpin it, click the icon again.

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You can pin as many documents as you want.

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If the file you're looking for hasn't been
opened recently, just look to the other options.

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For example, under SkyDrive… you can access
files that are saved online to your SkyDrive

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account.

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Under Computer… you can access files that
are saved locally.

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All you have to do is click Browse… then
select the document you want.

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When you're ready, click Open… and the document
will appear.

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Now you know how to create and open documents
in Word 2013.