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A long time ago, Microsoft Word used to be set up to open a blank document when you executed the program. Now it doesn't - it takes you to a screen where you have to click on the Blank file to open it.
How do I eliminate this step and have Word open a new blank document using the default Normal template every time I execute winword.exe?
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
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Go to File > Options > General and clear the last check box, "Show the Start screen when this application starts".
Legend Jay
Cheers,
Barry
YES! Thank you! It was impossible to find, given the keywords default, word, open, etc. That's the ticket.
It's like WIn8 really - it puts something between where you are and where you want to go.