HELP 4 DUMMIES

CANNOT SEEM TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE WORD PROCESSOR. I FINALLY GOT SOME TEXT ON THE SCREEN AND IT DID NOT PRINT OUT AS IT APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. CAN'T GET RID OF THE INSTRUCTIONS (THEY ARE NO HELP AT ALL). I MAINLY WANT TO CREATE FLYERS, OR AN AD TO PRINT OUT..... SOUNDS SO SIMPLE, BUT EVERYTING I CLICK ON JUST LEADS TO MORE FRUSTRATION. I HAVE XP, MOZILLA TKS SUSAN
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