Moved MS Office now Word won't open

Bought a ibook G4 just to learn Mac. When I get familiar with Mac, I intend to covert completely from PC. My problem began when I added MS Word to the dock by dragging the icon. It worked fine the first time I opened it. Now it doesn't open. The error message declares that it cannot access the library. It also says that Word was moved from its original folder. Further, MS Office appears to be "stuck" on my desktop. I was trying ti add it to the dock as well, but I must have made a wrong move. I've tried moving it to other folders, but it does not appear to want to move. In PC, this would be called a shortcut and I would simply delete it. On Mac, this appears to be an application that I inadvertently moved from its proper location. Can anyone tell me how to undo what ever it was I did.

pipedude wrote:
Do you have any suggestions about where on the web I can go to get a quick course on using Mac. I'm doing pretty well so far...except when I try to move files around. I just need to know a few terms and operations that relate to what I do on pc.
Thanks
Hi pipedude and likewise Welcome!
Try http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/
http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/ for starters. A few hours spent browsing these forums will be educational too. This is where I picked up most of what I know.
Have fun and good luck.
Adrian

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