Gateway 400 manual Working with documents, Creating a new document, To create a new document

Chapter 4: Windows Basics

Working with documents

Computer documents include word processing files, spreadsheet files, or other similar files. The basic methods of creating, saving, opening, and printing a document apply to most of these types of files.

The following examples show how to create, save, open, and print a document using Microsoft® WordPad. Similar procedures apply to other programs such as WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel.

For more information about using a program, click Help on its menu bar.

Creating a new document

To create a new document:

1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, then click WordPad. Microsoft WordPad starts and a blank document opens.

2 Begin composing your document. Use the menus and toolbar buttons at the top of the window to format the document.

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