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When you open Word 2013, it automagically offers you up several templates to choose from for use. 'Welcome to Word', 'Blog Post', 'Icon design', etc.

These are interesting and I am proud of the engineers who conceived them, but this is strongly against my desire and intent with Word - to make a document. Starting From Scratch...

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How do you modify the Word opening sequence? Specifically to just open a new blank document on open?

Example of Templates Example  illustration of the templates

It is hard for me to understand why this is a question that needs asked.

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  1. Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

  2. Now go to any of following keys according to your requirements:

For Microsoft Word 2013: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Word\Options

  1. In right-side pane, create a new DWORD DisableBootToOfficeStart and set its value to 1

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  1. That's it. It'll immediately disable Start Screen in your desired Office 2013 application.

If you want to re-enable Start Screen in future, simply set DWORD value to 0 or delete the DWORD.

Alternative method:

in WORD 2013, go to FILE -> Options -> uncheck Show the Start screen when this application starts

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  • Bilo - this may be the geekiest, and coolest Stack Exchange answer I've gotten yet :). THANK YOU
    – J-Dizzle
    Jul 8, 2015 at 20:00
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Go to Settings, General, and uncheck the box next to 'Show Document Gallery when opening Word'

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    There is no "Setting" directly in the Word UI. There is an "Options" button in the File tab/view, and the accepted answer already shows how to find the correct setting in this Options dialog. Oct 29, 2018 at 15:19

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