By default, Word and Excel 2019 open into the start screen. This welcome 
center offers us templates for different types of documents/worksheets. 
The first option is Blank; that's where you press enter for a plain old 
blank file, like you'd get when you open word/Excel 2010.


You can get rid of this start screen by going into Files, then Options, 
and tabbing from general. The option says something like, "use start 
screen" or "open on start screen."


Since we're on the subject, Word and Excel 2019 show a similar abundance 
of options when you try to save a file. If you want to keep things 
simple, like in 2010, go into Files, then Options, then down-arrow to 
Save, then tab to three different options. Check Don't Show Backstage; 
uncheck Show Additional Places for Saving; and check Save to Computer by 
Default. These options are right next to one another. After the third is 
where you browse for the folder where you want to save the files. I 
think they're saved to One Drive by default, so you may need to play 
around with that.


On 12/7/2020 4:49 PM, Jeanne Fike wrote:
> Hi,
> My husband just upgraded my MS office 2010 to MS 2019. How do I open
> new Word and Excel documents in MS 2019? At the moment MS Office 2010
> is still on this computer. Should MS 2010 be uninstalled?
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>     Jeanne
>
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