The Office Assistant is the most entertaining way to obtain help.
To get help using this method,
Click the Office Assistant.

    If the Office Assistant is not showing,
    Click the Office Assistant button on the standard toolbar.

    The Office Assistant will display a list of options for you to choose from.

In the "What would you like to do" box,
Type: open word document

Click

    The Office Assistant will display a list of topics for you to choose from.
    The four buttons on the bottom of the window do the following:

    Begins a search.

    Displays ideas to make your work easier.

    Changes Office Assistant.

    Closes the window.

    If the topic you are looking for is not displayed, you can click See more... for additional topics.

Click Open a document

    The Office Assistant will display material relating to the topic you clicked.

    Note the "green words" are links to additional help.

    The scroll bar(s) allow you to scroll through the text.

    The Help Topics button will take you to additional help.

Click on the green word "Internet" and a definition appears for this term.

Click again and the definition disappears.

Click the , to close this window.

Now, switch to Word, and try it out!