By default, Microsoft Project 2003 creates a blank project for you when you open it. If you need to create another blank project, though, click the New Project icon () on the standard toolbar, or use the Ctrl + N shortcut.

If you click the File menu and click New, you’ll see the New Project task pane:

Then, you can click the Blank Project link to start a new project. (We’ll leave the other options in this pane for our Intermediate manual.)