Granted, you might not want to become a 'power user', but to use Word effectively you need to spend some time learning the basics. You might start with these:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...001187614.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/wo...010230882.aspx
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/styles/applyastyle.html
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...numbering.html
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...gExplained.htm
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...rontMatter.htm
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/formatting...atter_2007.htm

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Paul Edstein
[Fmr MS MVP - Word]