This tutorial will acquaint you with the procedures involved in creating Blank Documents, E-mail Messages, Web Pages and how to create a new document from existing documents or based on the General Templates. For detailed explanation of each of these types of Word documents, see the post, 'Types of Microsoft Word Documents' in this blog. I have decided to stick to using the commands on the Menu bar only in this tutorial. Knowing how to do things using the main menu commands will put you in better command/control of the environment, as well as make using the toolbar buttons and keyboard shortcuts easier to understand and use appropriately.

Create a New Blank Document in Word 2002

By default, when you load Word 2002 (or later), it starts with a new blank document, together with the Task Pane displayed at the right hand side of the workspace, within the window. As it is, you can start creating your document right away.
However, if you have just one document currently running within your Word window, you will find that the window invariably turns Grey immediately you close/quit the active document, but NOT THE WORD WINDOW ITSELF. If you had previously, knowingly or  inadvertently, disabled the Standard toolbar and you are not geeky enough to know how to start another document, in this situation, without using the New Document shortcut button on the Standard toolbar or a keyboard shortcut, you will have no choice but exit Word first and restart it every time before you can create another blank document.
So this section will walk you through the procedures of creating a new blank document in Word 2002 (or later versions) in any circumstance, using a Menu bar command and other alternative methods.

The following graphic displays a typical Word window containing no open document. The following are the simple steps involved in creating a new blank document in Word 2002/2003: Create a New Document from a Copy of an Existing Document
This option lets you create a new document from an existing document. Using this option, Word creates copy of an existing document  for you. You can then modify the copy and save it with a new name. By default, the file is saved in the same folder as the original, but you can change it if you like. Note that whatever changes you make to this document (the copy), will not reflect on the original. Create a Blank Web Page
Create a Web Page from an Existing Word Document
In Word, you can easily convert a document into a Web Page document. Create an E-mail Message in Word
If your PC is connected to the internet or an intranet, and you have configured your e-mail client (e.g  Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express) appropriately, you can easily create and send a document straight from Word in your PC to your friends, relatives, customers, etc. The E-mail Message type of document in Microsoft Word enables you to do this. You can also send the body of an existing document as attachment, alongside an e-mail message.
Send an Existing Document as E-Mail Message
Microsoft Word has made it real easy to forward Word documents from your PC to your contacts. You can send such documents, either as the body of an E-mail message or as an attachment. Note that you must have a working internet connection and a configured e-mail client before such documents can successfully leave your PC and get delivered to the recipients.
1.      Make sure the document you want to send as e-mail message is already open.
2.      From the File menu, select Send To…
3.      On the Send To submenu, click Mail Recipient. The document now opens in an E-mail Message window, with the content of the current document loaded in the message area as the body of the message.
4.      In the To, and Cc boxes on the Envelope toolbar, enter the recipients details (e-mail addresses, or names, if such names together with their respective e-mail addresses already exist in an address book in your PC), separating them with a semi-colon.
5.      In the Subject box, type the subject of the message.
6.      The message area already displays the document as the body of the message. If necessary, edit it or simply add a postscript (P.S) text.
7.      Click Send to send the message

Create a New Document from General Templates
Microsoft Word comes with a huge collection of document templates that you can base a document on. An important benefit of the inbuilt Word document templates is that they enable you to easily create a document of professional standard. Believe me, Word document templates can help save the day for you some day, it can even help save your job! (See the scenario under the heading, 'General Templates'.) With such templates offering you professional guide, you can easily create a document you are currently not quite familiar with.

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