| Step 1: Start Microsoft Word |
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1 | Turn your computer on. On your screen (desktop), look for the aqua "W" of the Microsoft Word icon (picture on the left). DOUBLE CLICK (Step 5) on it |
| IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT . . . |
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2 | On your screen, look for the Microsoft shortcut bar (a long, vertical or horizontal bar about 1 cm wide). Click the Microsoft Word icon ONCE |
| IF YOU CAN'T FIND IT . . . |
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3 | In the bottom left corner of your screen, click Start and a list (the Start menu) appears |
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4 | Move your mouse up to Programs. It becomes selected (highlighted) and its menu appears |
| 5 | Making sure you stay on the highlighted area, move your mouse to the right across Programs to its menu |
| 6 | The menu is in alphabetical order, so move towards "M" for Microsoft Word |
| If the menu is longer than the screen, look for a tiny arrow pointing down at the bottom of the menu. Hold your mouse over it and you will move down the menu |
| 7 | Move your mouse over the Microsoft Word icon and, when it becomes highlighted (selected), click on it ONCE |
| Now to Step 2 |
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