MS Word Open and Save

Opening a New Document

 

From within MS Word click New from File Menu

Word File menu, highlighting Open

Or Click the Blank Page Icon on your Word Tool Bar

Word Tool Bar

 

To Open an existing document

Click Open from File Menu

or Click the Opening Folder Icon on your Tool Bar

Word Tool Bar

 

To Save a Document

Click Save on the File Menu

or Click the Diskette Icon on the Tool Bar

This will bring up a Save Dialog Box:

Word Save Dialog Box

The Save In pull down menu at the top shows you the target folder that your document
will be saved. The bigger box below shows you other folders inside the target folder.

If you click the Down Arrow on the right of the Save In box you can navigate your
way to other location on your hard drive. By default you should end up saving in
your My Documents folder.

 

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