Easy Way to Get Started with Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is a word processing software that is part of the Microsoft Office suite created and developed by Microsoft.

Currently, Microsoft Word is used by more than millions of people around the world.

How to Get Started Using Microsoft Word

We assume that your computer or laptop has Microsoft Office installed. Whether it's Microsoft Office 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 or later.

Starting Microsoft Word on a Windows Operating System

• Click Start or the Windows logo
  
• Type
  Word
  or
  Microsoft Word
• You will see the appropriate search results, namely the Microsoft application marked with the Word icon
  
• Click the Word app or press
  Enter
• Wait until the Microsoft Word program opens

Opening Microsoft Word can also be done through the Run menu in Windows

• Press the Windows logo key on the keyboard together with the letter
  R
• After the Run window opens, type
  winword
  then click OK or press Enter
  
• Wait until the Microsoft Word program opens

How to Create a New Document in Microsoft Word

After the Microsoft Word program opens, you will then be presented with a Welcome Screen. In this Welcome Screen window there are various options.

• Click Blank Document to start creating a new Microsoft Word document
  
• And you will be presented with an empty Word space as follows
  

How to Create a New Document in Microsoft Word Using a Template

You can also choose a template provided by Microsoft Word. The Microsoft Word template is a sample template that you can use to create a document. With this template, you don't have to worry about creating a Word document design, you only need to edit it.

• On the Welcome Screen window, select the template you want.
• Click More Templates if you want more templates to inspire you in creating your Word documents
  
• You can also search for templates in the search field, or choose several templates based on categories that have been provided by Microsoft
  

The templates shown in this menu are still not usable. When a template is selected, you must first download it before it can be used. So make sure your computer or laptop is connected to the internet.
Don't worry, these templates are free. You do not incur additional costs to download it.
This template file is also small in size, you only need a few seconds to download it.

• After you select the template, a window will appear containing the template details. The name of the template, the description of the template, and the size of the template for download will be seen here
  
• Click Create to start downloading and using the template
• Once the template is successfully downloaded, you will be directed to a new document that already contains text and images according to the template you selected earlier
  
• Then you just need to edit it according to your needs

How to Start Microsoft Word from an existing file

Apart from creating documents from blank documents and templates, starting Microsoft Word can also be done from an existing Microsoft Word file.

To open a Microsoft Word file, follow these steps

• On the Word Welcome Screen, click the Open icon
  
• Click Browse and navigate to the location of the Microsoft Word file
• Select the file then click Open
  
• You can also open files that you save in your One Drive cloud storage, of course, provided you are connected to your One Drive account
• In addition to the above methods, you can also open Microsoft Word files easily. Just double click the Microsoft Word file in Windows Explorer or any other folder then wait for the file to open

How to Save a Microsoft Word Document

How to Save a New Document

After your Word document is created, don't forget to save it so you can use it again someday.

When you create a new and unsaved Word document, the Microsoft Word title bar will show the Document name followed by the serial number of the new document you are currently creating.

For example, if this is the first new document you have created, the name that appears is Document1 - Word, and so on.

To save a Word document, follow these steps

• Click the File menu and then click Save. You can also use the shortcut
  Ctrl+S
  on the keyboard as an alternative
  
• If your Microsoft Word document has never been saved before, it will be directed to the Save As option
• Click Browse and set the folder where the document will be saved
  
• Set the file name to File Name then click Save
  
• After the document has been successfully saved, now on the title bar you will see the name of the file that was set earlier
• Besides being stored on local storage or hard drive, you can also save Microsoft Word documents to your One Drive cloud account directly

How to Save a Previously Saved Word Document

To save a previously saved Microsoft Word document, you can simply use the

Ctrl+S

shortcut on the keyboard. This is the fastest and most effective way.

But if you want to save the currently open document to another document, you need to save it with the Save As option.

• Click File then select Save As or simply press the
  F12
  key on the keyboard
• Then navigate to the folder location you want
• Set the file name to File Name then click Save
• If they are stored in the same folder, make sure to create a different filename
• Click Save

Now you have 2 Word documents. The first Word document remains the original, and the first document you edit is saved as the second document.

How to Save Microsoft Word in Other Formats

In addition to the Word Document format, when you create and process text with Microsoft Word, the file can also be saved into other file formats.

File formats supported by Microsoft Word include Word Document (default), Word Macro-Enabled Document, Word 97-2003 Document, Word Template, PDF, XPS Document, Single File Web Page, Web Page, Web Page Filtered, Rich Text Format, Plain Text, Word XML Document, Word 2003 XML Document, Strict Open XML Document, and OpenDocument Text

If you want to save to the preferred file format above, you must save the file with the Save As step as described previously.

Then make sure before you press the Save button, select the document type in the Save As Type column as needed.

That's the Easy Way to Start Microsoft Word.

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