An earlier complaint with the software was that there wasn't a lot of documentation for the programs. The online help files tended to be written by computer geeks for computer geeks. However, a fast check of Amazon.com (see below) shows that there are now a number of how-to books from publishers, including a Dummies book.
If you don't have an unlimited budget for software (remember, you can't buy one copy of Microsoft Office and then install it on all the computers in your office) you should at least take a look at OpenOffice. It has a free trial period, after all, that lasts forever.
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Article comments
1 - Mark Saleski
OpenOffice is great.
it feels so liberating to use a non-gates product.
2 - Bruce Kratofil
Unfortunately, the nature of my work means I have to spend most of my time with MS Office. Luckily, for almost all my Internet and web-design work, I can stay MS free.
3 - Jim Carruthers
Unfortunately (which seems to be the operative word with this release) it isn't available for Mac OSX. But then, we have Appleworks which offers the functionality without the interpretability.
However, most people who send Office attachments in email are either viruses or dorks. So no great loss.