There’s a great tutorial at http://www.uaf.edu/bbc/mstutor/Word-10.html that has screenshots.  It says it’s for Word 2007 but it works for 2003 pretty much the same way.

When working for a company as an Independent contractor, accuracy is always the most important.  Missing deadlines can also cost you your job, but you’ll lose your job even faster if your transcriptions are turned in with a ton of errors.

While Craigslist may be a good starting point, I would be extremely careful in doing that.  Since Craigslist is open to the public and anyone can post anything, you may end up working for a loser who won’t pay you for your work.  Generally…

The most important skill a transcriptionist can have is accuracy. I can’t stress that enough. Don’t get so confident that you stop checking and double-checking your work.