Word an Introduction
publication date: Jul 12, 2006
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author/source: Terry Robson
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Word is a wonderful tool. It has everything you could need in word processing software.That isn’t to say I am a slavish Microsoft fan. When Microsoft is less than it should be, for the money we pay for it, I will say so. Microsoft does sometimes fall short of its own professed standards and it’s no good hiding the fact.
But Word is good and I have learnt all my word processing skills using it.
To use it effectively you need a thorough grounding in the basics.
A standard mistake is to try to master Word by producing a real document that you need to complete in real time in the real world, for example a job application. This introduces a large dose of stress, especially if there is a deadline for the application.
When you do this two important tasks have become intertwined, learning to use Word and applying for a job. Don’t do it, that way nightmares lay.
Better ask someone else to type out your application for you. This leaves you free to learn Word without added pressure. It is far better to learn it by exploration and experiment than by typing an actual document.
In my articles about Microsoft Word I shall cover the basics thoroughly. In my years of teaching I have learnt that this makes progress much faster even though it seems that in the short term the opposite is true.
If you master the fundamentals the rest follows easily. Don’t be in a rush.
Mind you it’s just what I did when I bought my first computer. I was up half the night cursing Microsoft, cursing myself and cursing the computer.
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