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My wife and I have been traditional scrappers for several years. I picked this up and tried it. Since it is the only program I have tried, I don't have much to compare it to.In the first couple days I have produced four pages and I am very pleased with the results. However, there seems to be a lot of limitations and extra steps. Many things I can only do because I have worked in Word Publisher and other such programs. If someone does not have some experience, they will not figure out many things for a long time.Doing text is weird. If you don't do it in certain steps, the changes don't take. Once a background is added, it can only be changed, not removed (at least I haven't figured out how yet). I didn't find ways to cut photos and borders like all the fancy scissors do in "real life". Matching things like ovals and circles is quite challenging.Like I said, I have never used any other, so I don't have anything to compare it to. I am VERY impressed with the results--I love the pages that I did and they were relatively easy. The limitations I mentioned may be true with every program out there. With a coupon, I got the program for less than $4, so it was worth it :-)NEW NOTICE on February 7, 2008:I just bought a laptop with Windows VISTA Home Premium. The program works TERRIBLE. I can't even use it because it is so slow. Customer support has no solutions.HOWEVER, in Windows XP I have done over 50 pages and absolutely love the results. Heather from WI is correct--you can import your own backgrounds, stickers, clipart, etc. The things that they provide are pretty good as well; you can even change their colors, etc. Pretty impressive.My initial impressions remain and the program can be a little user-UNfriendly. The biggest problem is that it is slow, although workable (I have 2.5 gig of RAM, so it is not a computer problem). It also won't export an image in the highest resolution for some reason. As long as one understands that it won't work in VISTA, it is a pretty good program. I would up it to 3 1/2 or 4 stars in Windows XP.UPDATE JUNE 2018.I am still using this program. I know it is outdated, but nothing else compares--even Nova's upgraded version is worse. I am having no problems with windows 10 and of course RAM, etc. is not an issue 11 years later.... Read more...