Creating a New Document From an Existing One

Instead of creating a document from scratch, you can also create a document from an existing document you already have. If you have a document that is close to what you want to create, you can select it from the Start or New screen to create an untitled document with the contents of an existing document. When you place a document or template in the default personal templates location (New!) specified in the Word Options dialog box under Save, you can select the document or template from the Personal tab in the Start or New screen to create a new document from an existing one.

Create a New Document From an Existing Document

Start a Word document from either of the following:

Start Screen. Start Word ...

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