Microsoft Word just might turn out to be the program you will use most frequently. Word is a basic word-processing program that allows you to create documents for reports and papers, build basic tables, and use very simple (although increasingly complex) graphic images. There are a thousand things Word can do, and we could get into an exhaustive explanation of all of its functions...but we won't. We will go through an exercise that will hopefully expose you to the fundamentals of the application enough that you will be able to gradually teach yourself all you need or want to know about the program.