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All of my Office 2013 documents are on my Desktop. <br />
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In Word, Options, General, uncheck Show Start Screen when [word] starts. Now when you start Word, you should be able to use File and Open and navigate wherever you wish.
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All of my Office 2013 documents are on my Desktop.

In Word, Options, General, uncheck Show Start Screen when [word] starts. Now when you start Word, you should be able to use File and Open and navigate wherever you wish.

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I am not sure I understand the above properly. I have an Office 365 subscription with Office 2013. I have the Home and Business edition as this edition has everything that Office 2010 Pro had. I can easily use documents on my Desktop.
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I am not sure I understand the above properly. I have an Office 365 subscription with Office 2013. I have the Home and Business edition as this edition has everything that Office 2010 Pro had. I can easily use documents on my Desktop.

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Not seeing: In Word, Options, General, uncheck Show Start Screen when [word] starts. See attached.<br />
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Not seeing: In Word, Options, General, uncheck Show Start Screen when [word] starts. See attached.
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No File Options.... See attached.
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See attached.<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/05_w19/912276/Screen-Shot-2015-05-05-at-19.37.03.png" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="Screen-Shot-2015-05-05-at-19.37.03.png (57 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>Screen-Shot-2015-05-05-at-19.37.03.png</a>
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See attached.
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It may the version you have is crippled as noted by Vasil above and not able to use the desktop.
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It may the version you have is crippled as noted by Vasil above and not able to use the desktop.

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@xmouser &nbsp;- Thanks and I was happy to help.
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@xmouser  - Thanks and I was happy to help.

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I've got Office 365 yet I can't run/open docs that I have on my desktop - do all these need to be in Sharepoint to open or is there a setting I'm missing?
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I've got Office 365 yet I can't run/open docs that I have on my desktop - do all these need to be in Sharepoint to open or is there a setting I'm missing?

Office 365 and Word

Office 365 is a group of software plus services subscriptions that provides productivity software and related services to its subscribers. Office 365 allows the use of Microsoft Office apps on Windows and OS X, provides storage space on Microsoft's cloud storage service OneDrive, and grants 60 Skype minutes per month. Office 365 includes e-mail and social networking services through hosted versions of Exchange Server, Skype for Business Server, SharePoint and Office Online, integration with Yammer, as well as access to the Office software. All of Office 365's components can be managed and configured through an online portal; users can be added manually, imported from a CSV file, or Office 365 can be set up for single sign-on with a local Active Directory using Active Directory Federation Services.

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.