In Word 2013 and Word 2016, display the File tab of the ribbon, click Open, and then click Browse.) In Word 2010, display the File tab of the ribbon and click Open. (In Word 2007 click the Office button and choose Open. Make sure the document you want to rename is not loaded into Word.You can use the following steps to rename a document quickly and easily, all within Word: It is true that you can simply save a document under a new name, but that results in two files on your drive instead of one. There is no intrinsic command within Word that allows you to rename documents or files, as there is in some other programs.