Janeen, I couldn't agree with you more about the activations. I think I read (maybe here?) about somebody who put the program on an external hard drive so she could use it on any computer. That sounds like a good plan to me. I figure I paid for it, and I should be able to use it on as many computers as I want! I'm not going to give it away--if that's what they're worried about, they should design it so you have to have the disc in the drive when you use it.
There's definitely a high learning curve with this program. And I agree with KOR/DAOEL/KWRA that piecing instructions would sure be helpful!