You can easily do this in the File Open window when the file is closed.
Either right-click and choose Rename, or click on the filename twice
(slowly, not a double-click) till it opens for editing.

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"Alejandro Ramirez" Alejandro wrote in
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It would be very nice if MS Word had a feature in the File menu that
allowed
users to rename files.

In contrast with "Save As", rename would change the name of the file
without
creating a separate copy.

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