finding microsoft words page

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I just got this computer and can't find a way to view and
select items like word, and the rest of the programs.
The internet just shows one site I can't get out of. I
have to type a paper soon.
 
Word is not part of the Internet, so whether or not you can get out of a
specific Internet site (and that's too strange to address just now) is
not relevant.

Do you have a 'taskbar' at the bottom of the screen (has a button called
START at the left)? If so, click the Start button, then click Programs
("All Programs" on certain later model PCs), then in the larger menu
that comes up, find "Microsoft Word" and click it.

If you have no taskbar, you may have the AutoHide feature enabled;
that's where the taskbar resides just below the bottom edge of the
screen, until you move the mouse near the bottom edge of the screen to
resurrect it. Try doing that to get your taskbar. (If that helps, turn
that feature off by right-clicking an empty part of the taskbar,
clicking Properties, and un-checking the box -- you'll see it someplace
there -- that says 'AutoHide the Taskbar.') Now click the Start button
and proceed as above to start Word.

If you still have no taskbar, look at the bottom left of the keyboard.
Find the key with a curvy window on it between the CTRL and ALT keys.
Press it. You should see a the Start Menu appear, even if the taskbar
is somehow dead. Proceed as above to start Word.

If none of these things work, you'll need to find someone nearby to come
look at your machine in person and find out what you're doing wrong.
 
Moreover, Word does not always come with computers; it is not part of
Windows (the operating system), so you may not have Word or Office installed
on your computer. If that is the case, then you may use WordPad, which you
will find in the Accessories section of Programs/All Programs.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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I assume that you're clicking on the Start Menu, going to Programs an
clicking on Microsoft Word? Failing that double clicking on a Microsof
Word icon on your desktop?

Also if it's a new computer, are you certain the Microsoft Word is o
the computer?

Do you know how to open programs on your computer (for example, via th
start menu)
 
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