1. When you turn your computer on, the first screen you see is your Desktop. On your Desktop, you can see a START button.

2. Click your Start button once and the menu that appears directly above the start button is ALL PROGRAMS.

3. Move your mouse over All Programs. It becomes selected (highlighted) and its menu appears.

4. Move your mouse over Microsoft Word icon, when it becomes selected, click it once.

b. Inserting text in the document.

5. When you start your Microsoft Word program, a new blank document automatically opens.

6. In the top left corner of your screen the Title Bar displays Document 1. The large white space that appears below the title is the text area. The opened word document is now ready to be used for typing text.