There are special web links to make a new Office document (Word, Excel or PowerPoint) with a single click.
Microsoft has bought some .new domain names like https://word.new . When you click on a .new link, a fresh document is created for you. Word, Excel or PowerPoint files are created in the Office web apps with one click.
The new document is made using the current Microsoft account login (or you’ll be prompted for a login)
Word
( https://doc.new opens a Google Docs page )
Excel
We tried some Excel variations with no luck but https://xlsx.new/ returned a security error in Edge.
PowerPoint
Teams
https://Teams.new – starts a new Teams chat.
Sway
From Adobe there are some Office to PDF links
The .new Top Level Domain (TLD) is owned by Google who have a full list of all the .new domains.
It is a faster way to make a new doc, sheet or deck than opening an Office web app then clicking Create New … Blank Document. If you do that regularly, add the web links to your browser favorites.
One noticable omission is designer.new to make a new Microsoft Designer design.
The .new links might be more useful if some parameters could be added to insert a title, file name and other details to the new document. That would let people make web links to create repeatedly made documents. For example: https://word.new/?filename=Monthly Invoice&title=Invoice from Fred Dagg Co&template=invoice.dotx
If Microsoft wants to be really clever, add an option to make the new file in the Office desktop apps (if installed) rather than in a browser.
