MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS ICONS

Question

WORD shows multiple "documents" icons (4 at least for me). "DESKTOP"--"ONE DRIVE"--DOCUMENTS; "THIS PC" --"LIBRARIES?--DOCUMENTS", etc.  When I click on them I get various amounts of text file icons and folders. What is the difference? Which one should I be using? 

When I close text document the screen often changes to a different Documents page than the one I started with. 

Sometimes there is a vertical list of files on the left side of the screen. Sometimes not.

Very confusing.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Answer 1

What you are seeing is something like this:

This Open screen shows Recent Documents by default; the list on the left is also of recent documents. The other places I guess will vary depending on where you have Word documents stored. I have all my documents stored in subfolders of the Word Documents folder I have created as a subfolder of the My Documents folder.

If you find this confusing (as I would), you can add the Open command to your Quick Access Toolbar. This will give you the classic Open dialog, which by default opens to the folder you have designated as the default folder for Word documents. It is a standard Windows Explorer dialog, so it is easy to navigate:

Answer 2

Hello,

Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for posting your query.

You may upload the picture about the issue to check and help you better.

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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wiki/windows\_other-windows\_programs/how-to-include-a-screenshot-in-your-post/2594b08e-32a3-476a-85a6-b021181be7e4

Thank you.