How to duplicate a Word document on Mac

If you’re using Microsoft Word on a Mac, you may have wondered how to duplicate a document.

Whether you want to make a copy of a document for backup purposes or to create a new document with similar content to share or edit without modifying the original file, making a copy of a Word document on a Mac is super easy. In this guide, I’ll show you how to duplicate a Word document on Mac in just a few steps.

Why duplicate a Word document on Mac?

Some of the reasons why you might need to duplicate a Word document are as follows:

• To keep it as a backup.
• When editing a document, always keep a copy of the original one.
• Keep a duplicate version of a document.
• To make the document available to others.

How to make a copy of a Word document on Mac

There are different ways to duplicate a Word document, in the Finder and within Word for Mac.

1. Using Finder App
2. Using Word

Let’s get started.

Using Finder App

Steps to duplicate a Word document in the Finder are as follows:

1. Launch Finder and locate the original Word document.
2. Click on the document to select it.
3. Press Command+D or select the File menu at the top and choose Duplicate.
4. Press Ctrl+click or right-click on the file and choose the Duplicate option.
5. While holding the Option (Alt) key, drag the document to a new folder or desktop.

Using Word

There are a couple of ways to duplicate a Word document in Word for Mac:

• Open the document in Word, go to File, select Save a Copy and save it with the same name in a different folder or give it a new name in the same folder.
• In Word for Mac, select File and click New. It opens a new blank document. Select all (Cmd+A) and copy everything in the original document. Press (Cmd+V) on your keyboard to paste it into the new Word document, then save it.

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