Creating a new document in Microsoft 365

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Last updated: Aug 23, 2023 by Michael WoodsVersion comment
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Background

You can create a number of different types of document in Microsoft 365. 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 Microsoft 365 and then follow these steps to create a new document:

  1. From the home screen, click/tap on New (in the 'Your recent online documents' section).
     
  2. Click/tap the kind of document you would like to create:
  3. Click/tap New blank document or one of the templates. This will create a new, blank document.


  4. 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.

The great thing about Microsoft 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.



Additional resources

There are other ways to create a new document. if you are already editing a Word document, you can create a new Word document:

  1. While editing one document, click/tap FILE on the main menu.
  2.  From the fly-out menu, click/tap New.
     
  3.  Click tap Blank Document or select one of the templates.
     

Here's another way.

  1. From the home screen, click/tap the App you want to use:
  2.  Click/tap New blank document or one of the templates.
     


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