Word Help

Word has an extensive onscreen help feature that provides information about using Word to complete specific tasks. You access the Word Help feature with Word's Help menu (Figure 52) or the Office Assistant (Figure 53).

Figure 52. Word's Help menu.

Figure 53. The Office Assistant offers an alternative interface for accessing Word help.

This part of the chapter explains how to use Word Help to answer your Word questions.

Tips

• Other commands on the Help menu offer access to online help on Microsoft's Web site, as well as other features to help you keep Word up-to-date.

• Have an idea for improving Word? Choose Help > Send Feedback on Word (Figure 52) and use the Web-based form that appears to make a suggestion online.

To use Word Help

1.	Choose Help > Word Help. The Microsoft Office Help window appears (Figure 54). Figure 54. The Microsoft Office Help window.
2.	Enter a word, phrase, or question for which you want help in the What are you searching for? box (Figure 55) and click Search. Figure 55. Enter a search word or phrase in the box.
3.	Word displays search results in a list below the Search button. Click a blue underlined topic name in this list to display information about the topic in the right side of the window (Figure 56). Figure 56. Click an underlined link to learn about its topic.
4.	Read the information in the Microsoft Office Help window to learn about the topic. or Click links in the Microsoft Office Help window to display other topics in the window.
5.	Repeat steps 2 through 4 to explore the information in Help topics that interest you.
6.	When you are finished exploring Microsoft Office Help, click the window's close button to dismiss it.

To use the Office Assistant

1.	If necessary, choose Help > Use the Office Assistant (Figure 52) to display the Office Assistant window (Figure 53).
2.	Click the Office Assistant to display a yellow balloon like the one in Figure 57. Figure 57. Clicking the Office Assistant displays a balloon prompt for you to enter a help request.
3.	Enter a search word or phrase in the box and click Search.
4.	The Office Assistant displays another balloon full of search results (Figure 58). Click the topic that interests you to display information in the Microsoft Office Help window (Figure 56). Figure 58. When you click Search, the Office Assistant displays a list of possible help topics.
5.	Repeat steps 3 and 4 to explore information in help topics that interest you.
6.	When you are finished exploring Microsoft Office Help, click the window's close button to dismiss it.

To use Help contents

1.	Choose Help > Word Help (Figure 52) to display the Microsoft Office Help window (Figure 54).
2.	Click the Contents button to display a list of main categories (Figure 59). Figure 59. Clicking the Contents button displays a list of main categories.
3.	Click triangles to expand the list of topics and subtopics (Figure 60). Figure 60. Click triangles to expand the topic list and display subtopics.
4.	Click the blue underlined link for the topic that interests you (Figure 61). Figure 61. Click a topic to display its information.

To use the Help index

1.	Choose Help > Word Help (Figure 52) to display the Microsoft Office Help window (Figure 54).
2.	Click the Index button to display a list of letters (Figure 62). Figure 62. Clicking the Index button displays the letters of the alphabet.
3.	Click a letter for the topic that interests you. A list of topics beginning with that letter appears (Figure 63). Figure 63. Click a letter to display a list of main topics.
4.	Click triangles to expand the list of topics until you find the one you want (Figure 64). Figure 64. Click triangles to display subtopics.
5.	Click the blue underlined link for the topic that interests you.