When you start Write, a new document is automatically opened for you to begin working. From within Write, there are two different ways of creating a new document:
Click on the New button on the toolbar. This creates a new document, based on the Normal template. See Using templates for more details on document templates.
Select the New command from the File menu. Ability will display a list of templates – choose the one you want and click on OK (you would anyway usually choose the Normal template).
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