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Word Help OptionsMicrosoft Word provides a variety of online help to assist you in learning how to use the program's features. Click Help on the Menu Bar to see (and access) what is available.The Office Assistant (Microsoft Word Help) Quick access to information can be obtaining using a Help feature called "The Office Assistant". Click the Microsoft Word Help button — a question mark (?) — on the toolbar at the top of the window, or click Help on the Menu Bar and choose Show the Office Assistant. The "Office Assistant" will appear — as a paperclip (or some other icon) — with a dialog bubble where you can pose questions (see Figure 1, below). Simply type the question (or word or phrase) in the space provided, click the Search button to get a list of possible topics, and then click the topic desired.FIGURE
1. The "Office Assistant" Unless you turn this feature off by hiding or disabling the assistant, the "Office Assistant" automatically pops up on your screen whenever it thinks you may need some help with what you're doing. In this case, the dialog bubble will ask if you need help with the task the "Office Assistant" thinks you are trying to accomplish. To hide or disable the Office Assistant, please see Office Assistant Options below. You can close the dialog bubble but leave the Office Assistant on the screen by clicking the Close button. To end your Office Assistant session, click the Close button [X] in the upper right-hand corner of the little Office Assistant window. Office Assistant Options:
If you disable the Office Assistant (as described above), you can take additional advantage of the Microsoft Word Help feature. By clicking on the Microsoft Word Help button or by going to Help on the main menu and then clicking on Microsoft Word Help, you will be able to look at a list of Contents, use the Answer Wizard, or access an Index of alphabetized topics. To use any of these features, simply click the appropriate tab. Double click on the topic that you are interested in or type the topic or question when prompted. On the right-hand side of the help screen, you will see your topic in more detail. If you would like to print the information for later use, simply click on the Print button at the top of the Help screen. Once you have obtained the information you need, click on the Close [X] button in the upper right-hand corner to close Help. When you choose What's This? from the Help menu, the mouse pointer changes to an arrow with a question mark next to it. Point to any menu item or feature button to get a brief description of what it does and how to use it. When you've read the information, click anywhere in the document portion of the Word "workplace" to continue. You can also use "What's This?" to display the formatting characteristics of a paragraph or character. Click What's This? on the Help menu and then click on a character in the paragraph you want to check. A dialog "bubble" will describe paragraph and font characteristics. When you finish checking the text, tap the ESC key. The Office on the Web menu option takes you to the Word page of the Microsoft Office Update website. Browse the site for helpful information about Word and answers to questions you may have. You need Internet connectivity and a Web browser in order to make use of this feature. Printed MaterialThere are numerous books available to help you learn how to use Microsoft Word 2002. Following are two that are published by Microsoft Press.
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August 14, 2003 |
Prepared by Gail Said Johnson, User Support Services |
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