Use this tutor as a guide from the beginning to the end of the writing process. At any time, if you're not sure what a button will do, hover the mouse cursor over it and text in the gray "description" box will help you.

  1. When the program opens, it will ask you if you want to work on an existing paper or open a new, blank document. If you want to start a new paper, select "New" and the program will create a new paper in your preferred word processing program.



  2. Start in the top left corner with "If you have an assignment." At this step, the tutor will help you analyze the assignment you've been given and start to decide what's the best course for you to take with the paper. To see how a sample student worked to understand her assignment, click "example of this step." If you need help with grammar, with understanding terms, or with using the program, click on those buttons for McGraw-Hill's web-based tools.



  3. Continue through the process of writing your paper. The program will help you at every step: choosing a topic, prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, and editing. As the program helps you understand what to do to complete the writing process, switch to the paper you created to complete those steps on your own assignment. You can always use the "example of this step" tool if you don't understand how to take the next step in the process.