When I open Word, it automatically evokes a new file (Document1) as a blank document page. That’s fine if I want to start a new document, but more often than not, I just want to open an existing file.

The advantage of saving your blank document as a template is that Word will then prompt you to enter a new file name each time you open the template and then save your document for the first time; ...

Yes, some applications can be unintuitive. Do not worry, here's how to delete a blank page in Microsoft Word.

I can't remember the last time I filled my monitor with a blank Word document and just started typing. It seems that I always need to reference something else, cross-edit two files, copy and paste ...