Outlook is one of the few things I miss from my PC days. I really miss it. Gmail just isn't the same, though I'd have to use that calendar sort of anyway as my phone is a Droid and it syncs with that, but I know I can sync it to Outlook for Windows. Thing I love with my Droid is that I don't have to plug it in to my computer to sync. I make a change in calendar or contacts, its automatically applied everywhere.

I was looking into upgrading to Office 2011 for Mac, but have heard such horrible things about Outlook, not sure it's worth it.

The switch to Mac has been interesting. I don't miss Windows Operating System. People have tried to tell me that Window's 7 solved all those problems, but my husband has Windows 7 now, and he's still bitch, moaning and complaining.

Thanks for all the advice, tips, and helpful thoughts on all this stuff. I've been playing with Scrivener and I'm really liking it. I still think I will always do the actual writing in Word, but I love some of the features Scrivener has for organizing my thoughts, character sketches, plot, etc. I work off two screens when I write, so I have word open on monitor and Scrivener open on laptop.

Jen