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Part I: Your Introduction to Word
✓ Don’t freak out because you’re using a computer. You are in charge!
Keep that in mind. Chant silently to yourself, over and over: “I am the
master.”
✓ If you need help starting your computer, refer to my book PCs For
Dummies for quick and accurate turning-on-the-computer instructions.
✓ You can stop chanting “I am the master” now.
The good, yet unimaginative,
way to start Word
Without fail, the place to start any program in Windows is at the fabled Start
button. It may not be the fastest or the most interesting or most convenient
way to start a program, but it’s consistent and reliable — both good qualities
to have in a computer. Obey these steps:
1. Click the Start button.
Use your computer mouse to click the Start button, which is often found
on the left side of the taskbar and at the bottom of the screen, adorned
with the Windows logo.
Clicking the Start button displays the Start menu.
2. Choose Microsoft Word 2010 from the list of programs.
As luck may have it, you might find the Microsoft Word 2010 program
icon (shown in the margin) right there on the Start menu. Click the icon
to run the program. Otherwise, keep plowing away in Step 3.
3. Choose All Programs to pop up the All Programs menu and choose
Microsoft Word 2010.
If you don’t see the Microsoft Word 2010 icon or program name, you
must obey Step 4, which is almost certain to work.
4. Choose the Microsoft Office item (submenu) to display its contents,
and then choose Microsoft Word 2010.
Behold! Word starts! Watch in amazement as the program unfurls its sails on
your computer’s monitor.
Don’t let Word’s appearance overwhelm you! I describe what you’re looking
at in the section “Looking at Word,” later in this chapter.
✓ If you can’t find Word anywhere on the All Programs menu, it may not be
installed on your computer. This book is specific to Microsoft Word, not
the Microsoft Works word processor or any other word processor. (See
the section “Foolish Assumptions” in this book’s Introduction.)
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