On Word, how can I make the first letter do that big fancy thing?

Like, you know how in books in the start of the chapter, the first letter is sometimes real big? I wanna do that!! But I don't know how. I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2003.

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Go to Format, then Drop Cap. Click Dropped and change the settings as needed.

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