As soon as you start WORD, you can create a document since there is blank input screen available for your use. If you have already created a document and you want to start another, you will have to click on this button . If this is the second document you create during your work session, the new document will have the name Document 2. If you do not exit WORD, you remain in the same work session. If you use this button to create a new document, you cannot specify a type of document, which means we can create only one letter.

Documents created in WORD are saved with the extension DOC. It is preferable if you keep this extension, since this makes it easier to find documents you created with WORD. The name of the file can exceed 8 characters, but for compatibility reasons it is suggested to keep the 8.3 naming convention.

If you want to create a type of document other than a simple letter, such as a calendar or an agenda, you do not have any other choice but to use the File menu and the New option. The following dialogue box must be displayed on your screen:

EXERCISE 1

In this exercise, you will create your first document using WORD. This document will contain errors; ignore these for the moment. In the next section, we will learn how to correct these errors. Do not press the RETURN key at the end of a line, since word processing programs return automatically when you reach the right margin in the input screen.

Since you are creating your first document and your cursor is already displayed, it is not necessary for you to create a new document.

Please type in the following text without worrying about typing errors:

Giovanni da Verrazzano was the last European to navigate and explore the North American coast from Florida to Newfoudland. At least, he was the first to leave an original account of our discoveries. We owe the toponym Acadia to a Florentine who served the king of Fance and who died somewheres in the Caribbean, eaten by nasty cannibals...