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Anonymous
2020-03-30T09:05:36+00:00

It is possible to keep a "New Document" icon on the taskbar for Office 365 Word, ready to go with a single click whenever I need to create a new document...rather than going through the usual, lengthier startup process for Word?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-03-30T12:29:19+00:00

    Hi Robin,

    Like Doug and Suzanne, I usually keep Word running whenever I am at my computer.

    I do not know a way to keep a link for a new document on the Task Bar, but you can right-click in the DeskTop, choose New, and then New Microsoft Word Document.

    Alternatively, you can turn off display of the Start page on Word startup which will start Word with a new document. I think that is how most veteran Word users have their Word set this way. If you put Word on your Task Bar, this will accomplish what you want.

    This forum is a user-to-user support forum. I am a fellow user.

    I hope this information helps.

    Please let me know if you have any more questions or require further help.

    You can ask for more help by replying to this post (Reply button below).

    Regards

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  2. Doug Robbins - MVP - Office Apps and Services 323K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-30T09:31:15+00:00

    You only need to start Word once a day.  To facilitate creating a blank document, just press CTRL+n when the Word window is the active window, or add the New Blank Document button to the Quick Access Toolbar.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-03-30T21:33:24+00:00

    You are welcome. Let us know if there's anything else. If you don't have any more questions, feel free to choose a rating. Thanks! (Five stars means helpful, one star means not helpful.)

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-03-30T21:22:40+00:00

    Thank you to all who responded. I am reluctant to leave the program on all day because I don't seem to have enough memory to accommodate the load and things get painfully slow when I run both Word/Excel and get online. So I just use one at a time (no techie, here).

    I think your solution about right-clicking on the DeskTop will work fine for my needs, Charles. Thank you.

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  5. Suzanne S Barnhill 277.8K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2020-03-30T12:10:25+00:00

    I start Word first thing in the morning and type a single space in the blank document, keeping it open all day even as I open and close other documents. I don't quit Word till I shut down at night.

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