Selecting a Template for a New Document

When you create a new document using the File, New dialog box (see Figure 7.1), you're actually choosing a template on which your document will be based. The default Blank Document template that most people use is based on Word's Normal template, an especially important Word template that you'll learn more about shortly.

Figure 7.1. The choices in the New dialog box are templates that contain predefined text, formatting, and graphics.

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