Office 2013 - Word Beginners - Opening, Saving and Closing

Learning Objectives

• Define Open components
• Open existing documents 
• Open Recent documents
• Save a File 
• Use Save As 
• Close a document 
• Use Close All 
• Exit Word

Course Overview

Open documents are represented by Taskbar buttons that allow you to switch between them, you can also move between open documents using Switch Windows on the View tab.

Open on the File tab opens existing documents and displays tools to change and create folders, manage files and view documents in different ways. The Look in list provides a fast way to select different drives and folders.

To open a document double click on it in the contents pane or type its name and path in the Filename box.

You can retrieve recently used documents from Recent on the File tab.

Use the Save button to save changes or select Save on the File tab. Use Save As to make a copy of a document, or save it in another word processor format.

All open documents are closed simultaneously by using the Exit Windows command in the File tab.