How to have Office 2013+ Applications Open to Blank (Workbook, Document, etc) automatically?
Every time I launch microsoft excel 2013 (2016) (or Word, etc) it gives me a screen where I need to select which template I want to open -
How do I avoid this selection screen, like in other versions of Office?
This is called the Start Screen. To disable it, select your blank workbook (or whatever template you want) and go to
File - Options - General and uncheck the "Show the Startscreen when this application starts":
