To open microsoft word  I guess you must be go to [start]-[allprogram]-[Microsoft offies]-[Microsoft word], but with this trick you can open microsoft word with 1 push, you can run a program faster .

Follow this step :
1.    click [start]- [allprogram]-[Microsoft offies]-[Microsoft word], and then right click at shortcut.
2.    at menu pop-up click properties
3.    at coloum shortcut key push the button that you want ( ex : F1 )
4.    and then click ok

after this push F1  and you will see the result, u can use this trick to all application  with different button, ex : photoshop with F2 , firefox with F3. you cannot use same button for 2 application