New Documents

You may wish to get another piece of paper so you can type another document.

• Click on the New button on the Standard toolbar to create a new document.
  

• A blank piece of paper will appear in front of you. The Title bar will now say Microsoft Word - Document 2 as this is the second document you have opened in this session of Word97.
• Click on the New button again. Nothing appears to happen. However, if you look at the Title bar it will now say Microsoft Word - Document 3. Another document has been opened on top of the previous one.
• Close Document 3. Look at the Title bar. It should say Microsoft Word - Document 2, as you are now back at Document 2.

You could now type a new document and save it as we did above.

Another way to create a new document follows.

• Select File/New. The dialog box shown below appears.
  

• Make sure the Blank Document is selected (highlighted in blue) and that Create New Document is selected (has a black dot next to it). Click on OK.
• The dialog box will vanish and Document 4 will appear (check the Title bar).
• Close Document 4.