38 Chapter 2 Work with Files
Creating and Saving Files
When you start Word, Excel, or PowerPoint without opening a specific file, the program
displays a blank document, workbook, or presentation in which you can start entering
content. A blinking cursor (in the form of a vertical line) in the text pane or worksheet
cell shows where the next character you type will appear.
When an Office 2010 program is running, you can create a new file from the New page
of the Backstage view, which you display by clicking the File tab on the ribbon.From the New page, you can create a document based on a preformatted template.
Tip More documents may be added to those available from Microsoft Office Online, so the
templates available on your New page might be different from those shown here.
The documents listed on the New page are based on templates, which are sets of for-
mats that have been saved in such a way that you can use them as a pattern for new
documents. For example, in Word 2010 the icons in the top section of the Available
Templates gallery are:
● Blank document Clicking this icon opens a document formatted with the standard
settings. The document contains no content.
Tip The standard Word document settings are based on a template named Normal,
which is installed on your computer as part of the Office installation. You can make
changes to the Normal template but it is not customary or advisable to do so.