Getting help for Word

Links checked & revised 1-18-2005

Many links to Microsoft info on their site
(They change their site frequently. If any links don't work, let me know or just search their site for what you want.)

http://www.microsoft.com/ How you get to 95, 97 & 2000 info. Type in the program you want help with in the search box at the top.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/office/office2000/tips/default.mspx Most of these work in earlier versions.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/default.aspx All kinds of assistance. For example, type in "Legal Documents" (less quotes) in the search box & look at all the help that is available just for this category. Then try "Medical" or any other category of interest.

Remember, there is little support for Word 97, but you can go here & type in Word 97 in the search box for what is currently available.

http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ Search for information on any Microsoft product. For example, try searching for Word 97 in the Search box. While there download & install the beta Spyware program if you don't already have it.

Tutorials

http://www.baycongroup.com/tutorials.htm has some free on-line tutorials for Word, Excel, Windows and others. They really have some nice illustrations. Probably somewhat out of date since they only have a Windows 98 in the free section.

http://www.baycongroup.com/mb/board.htm has additional questions.and I copied relevant ones to the CD.

http://is.rice.edu/ Search for Word. Lots of free documents for word from 97 to XP.

http://isds.bus.lsu.edu/cvoc/learn/introit/word/ Some free tutorials. Watch the misspelling. I assume it is an attempt at humor.

http://www.nailitnow.com.au/word/free/tocheadings.html Very nice tutorial site.

http://www.learnthat.com/courses/ Lots of free on line courses on all sorts of subjects, Word included. They say there are 57 tutorials on Windows 98 alone. Start here: http://www.learnthat.com/courses/computer/windows/ for help with any version plus some good general questions that apply to all versions. For all free tutorials go to http://www.learnthat.com/tutorials/

They even list uses for old CD’s at http://www.learnthat.com/courses/fun/oldcds/

http://www.wcu.edu/ccenter_inf/CatOnline/index.html Word, Excel, Powerpoint basics.

http://www.usao.edu/~usao-helpguides/office/word/ The main page is at http://www.usao.edu/~usao-helpguides/office/ and has tutorials on all 5 Office programs, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Access

http://www.zdnet.com/ Lots of help from ZDNet.

http://malektips.envprogramming.com/microsoft_wordtoc.html

Get tips in your E-Mail

http://www.vitalnews.com/ is a place to subscribe free for tips on word & Excel in your e-mail.

http://www.dummies.com/ any subject.

Miscellaneous

Etymology is the study of word origins. I got started by wondering where the phrase "Three sheets to the wind" came from. The answer can be found at (not to be confused with entomology, the study of insects)
http://www.wordorigins.org/ This site has a history of the English language and other interesting information like common errors in etymology. More etymology sites:
Find etymology of first names here
You can find more by searching for "etymology" with any search engine.
http://www.thinkbabynames.com/ has lots of baby names & the meaning.

After a few hours searching the web for this stuff, I’m bushed. Have fun.