Background
You can create a number of different types of document in Office 365 then store them in OneDrive. This article uses Word as an example, but PowerPoint and Excel documents are created in a very similar way.
Step-by-step guide
Log into Office 365 and then follow these steps to create a new document:
- From the home screen, click/tap on New (in the 'Your recent online documents' section).
- Click/tap the kind of document you would like to create:
- Click/tap New blank document or one of the templates. This will create a new, blank document.
- Before you go any further, it's a good idea to rename the document. Click/tap on the title at the top of the screen:
and change the name to something more meaningful:
then press ENTER.
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The great thing about Office 365 is that it will save your work as you go:
You won't need to deliberately save the document. However, you can use Save As on the File menu to save a copy of your work with a different name. |
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Additional resourcesThere are other ways to create a new document. if you are already editing a Word document, you can create a new Word document:
Here's another way.
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