Word 2003 For Dummies
Chapter One
The Big Picture
In This Chapter
* Starting Word
* Reading the Word screen
* Getting help from Word
* Using your keyboard
* Exiting Word (or not)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Don't we all dream of becoming a famous novelist someday? Or how
about writing that award-winning screenplay? Then there's the less
flashy: the reports, the memos, the notes jotted down, or that list of chores.
It's all words, mind you. From the note to the teacher to the first paragraph in
this century's first Great American Novel, it's just words.
Perhaps it was the most mediocre of times?
The software best designed to work with words, prophetic or mundane, is a
word processor such as Microsoft's Word.
Then again, let history frame the times. I've got a credit card, and by gum,
I'm going to use it!
This chapter is your introduction to Microsoft Word. It provides the groundwork
for you to use and understand how Word fits into your computing life,
plus it may show you a few fancy things you might not expect. All the better
to hurry you on your merry way toward writing whatever gr ... read full excerpt from Word 2003 For Dummies ebook
