I'm not sure what you mean, but the only real advice I can give is to go with what seems right to you. You're not going to learn by doing what other members tell you, just follow your gut and then if it fails, you'll learn a valuable lesson.
And btw Asher, you can't really transfer formatting from word into the post without it being horribly glitchy. When you're in the posting interface thing, highlight what you want to be coloured, then click the little arrow next to the A and pick the colour you'd like it to be.