Opening Documents

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The Open dialog box,is your key to finding and retrieving Word documents.

To display the Open dialog box, perform any of the following actions within Word:

  • On the File tab, click Open:
    Open in Word 2010
  • Click the Open Open  button on the Quick Access Toolbar (if this button was visible). How to add this button in the Quick Access Toolbar, see Adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar.
  • Click a document's link in the Getting Started task pane.
  • Press Ctrl+O.
  • Press Ctrl+F12.
  • Press Alt+Ctrl+F2.

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Saving Documents

Saving Documents

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Adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar

Adding commands to the Quick Access Toolbar

Suppose you'd like to add a couple more commands to the Quick Access toolbar. Also, say you're a big fan of AutoText, which lets you assign long strings of text to a couple keystrokes. You can add the AutoText button to the Quick Access Toolbar, so you can quickly create and use AutoText to collect frequently used commands.