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Chapter 1 ✦ Getting Started with Word 2003
Figure 1-21: The Help Table of Contents box.
Helping WordPerfect users
Word 2003 goes out of its way to help ease your transition from WordPerfect to Word. There
is a separate Help dialog box for WordPerfect users, and you can even turn on an option that
automatically tells you how to use a Word feature when you press a WordPerfect keystroke
combination.
Note, however, that Word is not necessarily very good at helping WordPerfect users. In fact,
Word is more useful for users of older versions of WordPerfect than new. And because turn-
ing on WordPerfect features changes the behavior of Word, it can be a source of confusion
and trouble leading to Help Desk calls.
If you are a WordPerfect user and new to both Word and Windows, choose Help ➪ WordPerfect
Help to display the Help for WordPerfect Users dialog box (see Figure 1-23). In the Command
Keys list, select a function or WordPerfect command to display to the right of the list informa-
tion about how to carry out that function in Word. If there is an ellipsis after the selected item,
double-click the item or choose Help Text to display a submenu of related items (unfortunately
there’s no way to go back without closing the dialog box and starting again!). If an arrow is next
to the item, you can click the Demo button and have Word demonstrate that feature, though
you should read the text first because it’s not always apparent what is going on. If you click
Demo when you have not selected an item with a Demo attached, the dialog box simply closes.
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