MS Word Basics
Editing Documents
Formatting Text
Formatting Pages
Working with Tables
Advanced Operations
Word Useful Resources
Selected Reading
- Word - Context Help
- Word - Closing Document
- Word - Opening a Document
- Word - Save Document
- Word - Move Around
- Word - Entering Text
- Word - Backstage View
- Word - Explore Window
- Word - Getting Started
- Word - Home
Editing Documents
- Word - Undo Changes
- Word - Special Symbols
- Word - Zoom In-Out
- Word - Spell Check
- Word - Find & Replace
- Word - Copy & Paste
- Word - Move Text
- Word - Delete Text
- Word - Select Text
- Word - Insert Text
Formatting Text
- Word - Apply Formatting
- Word - Set Tabs
- Word - Borders and Shades
- Word - Set Line Spacing
- Word - Create Bullets
- Word - Indent Paragraphs
- Word - Text Alignments
- Word - Change Text Color
- Word - Change Text Case
- Word - Text Decoration
- Word - Setting Text Fonts
Formatting Pages
- Word - Page Orientation
- Word - Cover Pages
- Word - Insert Blank Page
- Word - Insert Page Breaks
- Word - Add Page Numbers
- Word - Header and Footer
- Word - Adjust Page Margins
Working with Tables
- Word - Borders & Shades
- Word - Add Formula
- Word - Split Cells
- Word - Split a Table
- Word - Merging Cells
- Word - Resize a Table
- Word - Move a Table
- Word - Rows & Columns
- Word - Create a Table
Advanced Operations
- Word - Set Watermark
- Word - Document Security
- Word - Compare Document
- Word - Translate Document
- Word - Email Documents
- Word - Printing Documents
- Word - Preview Documents
- Word - Table of Contents
- Word - Auto Formatting
- Word - Auto Correction
- Word - Use Graphics
- Word - Use Templates
- Word - Quick Styles
Word Useful Resources
Selected Reading
- Who is Who
- Computer Glossary
- HR Interview Questions
- Effective Resume Writing
- Questions and Answers
- UPSC IAS Exams Notes
Word - Opening a Document
Opening a Document in Word 2010
In this chapter, we will discuss how to open a document in Word 2010.
Opening New Document
A new, blank document always opens when you start Microsoft Word. Suppose you want to start another new document while you are working on another document, or you closed an already opened document and want to start a new document. Here are the steps to open a new document −
Step 1 − Cpck the File tab and select the New option.
Step 2 − When you select the New option from the first column, it will display a pst of templates in the second column. Double-cpck on the Blank document; this is the first option in the template pst. We will discuss the other templates available in the pst in the following chapters.
You should have your blank document as shown below. The document is now ready for you to start typing your text.
You can use a shortcut to open a blank document anytime. Try using the Ctrl + N keys and you will see a new blank document similar to the one in the above screenshot.
Opening Existing Document
There may be a situation when you open an existing document and edit it partially or completely. Follow the steps given below to open an existing document −
Step 1 − Cpck the File tab and select the Open option.
Step 2 − This will display the following file Open dialog box. This lets you navigate through different folders and files, and also lets you select a file which you want to open.
Step 3 − Finally, locate and select a file which you want to open and cpck the small triangle available on the Open button to open the file. You will have different options to open the file, but simply use the Open option.
This will open your selected file. You can use the Open Read-Only option if you are wilpng just to read the file and you have no intention to modify, i.e., edit the file. Other options can be used for advanced usage.
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