Hi Shirley

I'm no expert so I won't even try to tell you, though I'm sure there'll be
lots of help, on this the most civilised newsgroup on Usenet.

But I will say this: after many many years of WordPerfect I too took the
plunge for much the same reasons as you. I found the learning curve a bit
steep at first but I found it very worthwhile. In my opinion Word is a
vastly superior and more complex application. I use Word 2000 which is very
stable. I found it best to turn off the option to emulate WordPerfect and to
dive in at the deep end. The hardest thing to grasp for me was that there is
no "display codes" as such. The codes for formatting are invisibly embedded
in the paragraph marks. (I think that's right). Anyway, I'm sure you're
doing the right thing. Word has virtually endless capability. And I speak as
one who has progressed through manual typewriting, vi, Electric Pencil,
Scripsit and a host of other early attempts. So I still marvel at the
simplest thing, like word wraparound. Good luck.

See http://addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm

You may find the following articles helpful:

How Word differs from WordPerfect
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.htm

Some Tips and "Gotchas" for those who are new to Word
Especially if migrating from WordPerfect
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/TipsAndGotchas.htm

Is There Life After "Reveal Codes"?
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

WordPerfect to Word converters (and why none of them are perfect)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WordPerfectConverters.htm