This page is dedicated to my mother for two reasons. Next: Concept 1: Start typing your document Acknowledgement But some ways are easier or more effective than others. There are sometimes no "right" or "wrong" ways to use Word.
Why? Because these pages are for someone who may be a beginner now, but doesn't want to stay a beginner for ever. These pages prefer the "professional" way.
Word often has a beginner's way and a professional way to achieve the same apparent result. Other times the difference is in what functionality in Word you use to achieve your aims.I've done this simply because the menu options are available for everyone, are always there, and you can invoke them with either the mouse or the keyboard, depending on your preference. These pages on the Basic Concepts of Word prefer to use the menu options.Or they may use the mouse instead of the keyboard. Colleagues and friends may use a toolbar button instead of a menu option. Sometimes the differences are in how you use Word's functionality.If you're talking to friends or colleagues about using Word, they may do things differently. The outcome of that philosophy is that Word often has more than one way to achieve much the same thing. Microsoft designed Word to be friendly for the user. Next: Concept 1: Start typing your document A philosophical aside The Curiosity Shop is for those inquisitive people who are just curious to learn a bit more, or understand a bit more about how Word works. These sections are not essential to learning the basic concepts. A Curiosity Shop that takes things one step further.If you do want to do the Tutorial, the Reference section is a useful recap of what you've done. A Reference section that is useful if you don't want to work through the Step-by-Step Tutorial.The tutorial goes through the process of creating the sample document shown above.