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How to open new blank document by default automatically without having to go through the screen with all the templates to choose.
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Go to File > Options > General. At the bottom of the dialog, uncheck the box for "Show the Start screen when this application starts".
Yes i am using the online version. Do i have a choice as an academic?
Are you using the online version of Word? In that case, many options will be missing compared to the locally installed (desktop) version.
Go to File > Options > General. At the bottom of the dialog, uncheck the box for "Show the Start screen when this application starts".
When I go too file there isn't an Options. There are only the following my initials, new, recent, shared, open. I am an academic. Is there a different version for academics?
I didn't finish writing in the other email. When I open the file option it has new document, new from template, open, open recent, close, restore, share and restrict permission, It doesn't have options.
Go to File > Options > General. At the bottom of the dialog, uncheck the box for "Show the Start screen when this application starts".
When I go too file there isn't an Options. There are only the following my initials, new, recent, shared, open. I am an academic. Is there a different version for academics?