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Steps to Create and Format new document in MS Word 2007 1. Create a new Word document and save it. MS Word comes with a basic document layout that you can change to make it look cleaner and more professional: To open Word's default blank document, open it and use "Ctrl+N." Type "Ctrl+S" to save this blank document. Save the file as ‘My Document.docx' to a specific location on your computer (such as Favorites). You've started a new document in which to store your layout. 2. Decide on your page margins. The first thing you should do when creating a new document is select document layout parameters. Click the little icon in the left bottom corner of the Page Layout ribbon's Page Setup section to open the Page Setup dialogue box. Select the Margins tab from the drop-down menu. Set the left margin to a width of 3 cm. After selecting Portrait as the page orientation, click OK. Before clicking OK, make sure the drop-down box is set to the Whole Document. Th