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MS Word 2000 - Opening Files
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Tip Sheet

Open a new blank document

Word automatically starts with a new blank page. However, you can work with more than one document at a time. While you are working with an existing document you can open a second document (and third and fourth etc) by doing the following:

Click on the File Menu.
Click on New

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The pop-up screen below may open on your screen. Make sure that Blank Document is selected (click on it). Click on OK.

Your new document will have the name Document2. The next new file will have the name Document3 etc. These names may be changed by you when you save the file.

Open an existing  / saved file

When you save a document to a disk we refer to the saved document as a file. All files that you save should have different names, describing what is in that file. This will help you to find the right document again when you want to open it.

Click on File
Click on Open

or

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You will now see the pop-up screen (a small screen with options) appear on your screen (see below).

 

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This pop-up screen (above) will give you all the information you need to be able to find the file you want to open. The first place to look is in the Look in: line at the top of the screen (circled for  you here). The name of the storage folder should appear there. For instance, if you saved the file in a folder called My Documents you are in the right place. Now you have to look below the Look in: line to see the names of the various sub-folders and files that are in the My Documents folder. In this example we are hoping to open the file called Fractions Test1.

To open the file, click on the file name. It will look like this once you have clicked on it:
Fractions Test1
Now click on the Open button on the top right of the pop-up screen.
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