Chapter 4 Common Offi ce Application Features 103 Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Launching Applications Like all applications in Windows, the Microsoft Office suite is accessed via the Start menu. In Windows 10, click the Start menu button, click All apps, and scroll to and expand the Microsoft Office group, as shown in Figure 4-1. Launching Microsoft Word To launch Microsoft Word, click the Word 2019 icon in the Start or Apps menu. Wait for the program to load and display the startup screen. Word 2019 begins by presenting the user with the choice to open a document, begin a new blank document, or begin a document based on a template. A blank document contains no text and has a minimum number of standard formatting styles. A document template is a document preformatted for a specifi c use and may contain placeholder text or images the user replaces with actual content. Word contains many templates. Templates are also found in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. Microsoft Word is able to save documents in a variety of file formats. For example, a document created in Microsoft Word 2019 can be saved in a format that can be read by earlier versions of Microsoft Word. In addition, Microsoft Word documents can be saved in other formats. A popular format is portable document format (PDF). Documents saved GS5 Key Applications 2.4 FYI Versions of Microsoft Word previous to Word 2013 automatically open a blank document when launched. GS5 Key Applications 2.10.1 Goodheart-Willcox Publisher Figure 4-1. The applications in the Microsoft Office suite are accessed in the Windows 10 Start menu. Microsoft Office applications