I have Microsoft Word 2007 and I really find the templates very useful and the dictionary and thesaurus(prolly spelled that wrong)..lol but anyways. You can find a template for pretty much anything you could think of. The formatting is done for you and then all you have to do is put your words or pictures or whatever n it. I use it for business purposes like business cards, resumes, letters for anything really. Calenders, flyers, invitations, cards for any occasion, etc. The dictionary and theasures helps me find words that I wouldn't typically think of on my own or learn words that I'm not familiar with and what they mean. I enjoy writting poems so I can usually find the meaning of the word I want to use and find a word that means the same thing but sounds better. Hopefully you can find this helpful.