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| | If you see Microsoft Office Word in the main Start menu, click it. | -
| | If you don't see Microsoft Word in the main Start menu, point to All Programs, Microsoft Office , and then Microsoft Office Word 2003 . | -
| | The Word window opens and a Word button appears on the taskbar. | INTRODUCTION When you want to use Word to create or revise a document, you must ask Windows to start it for you. Once Word has been started, you can tell it is open , even if it's hidden behind other windows , because a button bearing the Word icon appears on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen. An additional taskbar button appears for each Word document that you start or open. | -
| | Depending on your setup, you may have a shortcut icon for Word on your Windows desktop. If you do, you can double-click it to start the program. | -
| | You may see a button with the Word icon on the left side of your taskbar. Clicking this button also starts Word. | -
| | You can also double-click any Word document icon, either on your Windows desktop or in a folder, to start Word and open the document. | TIP Double-Clicking Versus Single-Clicking By default, you must double-click an icon to open the program or document that corresponds with it (see steps 5 and 7). Depending on your setup, however, only a single-click may be required. If so, your mouse pointer will look like a pointing hand instead of a white arrow when you rest it over an icon. | |