Microsoft Office/Word/Create a document

This lesson introduces creating a document.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the create a document portion of Microsoft Word certification include:
 * Creating new blank documents, creating new documents using templates, importing files, opening non-native files directly in Word, opening a PDF in Word for editing

Readings

 * 1) Read Microsoft: Create a document.

Multimedia

 * 1) Watch Microsoft: Start using Word.
 * 2) Watch Microsoft: Edit PDF content in Word.

Activities

 * 1) Creating new blank documents:
 * 2) Review Microsoft: Create a document.
 * 3) Select the File tab.
 * 4) Select New.
 * 5) Select Blank document.
 * 6) Creating new documents using templates:
 * 7) Review Microsoft: Create a document.
 * 8) Select the File tab.
 * 9) Select New.
 * 10) Select one of the available templates or search for online templates.
 * 11) Select the template you want.
 * 12) Importing files:
 * 13) Review Microsoft: How to recover text from any files by using the "Recover Text from Any File" converter of Word
 * 14) ## Select the File tab.
 * 15) Select Open.
 * 16) Select the location of the file to import and Browse.
 * 17) Change the file type to Recover Text from Any File (*.*)
 * 18) Select a file and Open.
 * 19) Opening non-native files directly in Word:
 * 20) Review Microsoft: File format reference for Word 2013, PowerPoint 2013, and Excel 2013.
 * 21) Select the File tab.
 * 22) Select Open.
 * 23) Select the location of the non-native file and Browse.
 * 24) Change the file type to All Files (*.*)
 * 25) Select a non-native file and Open.
 * 26) Opening a PDF in Word for editing:
 * 27) Review Microsoft: Edit PDF content in Word.
 * 28) Select the File tab.
 * 29) Select Open.
 * 30) Select the location of the PDF file and Browse.
 * 31) Change the file type to PDF Files (pdf.*)
 * 32) Select a PDF file and Open.