(NOTE- This review includes important information about difficulties installing this program which I consider VERY important. For this reason, I am posting this review as a work in progress. I intend to update it as my experiences continue as a person who has NOT used Dragon before on my PC. )nnMy daughter has dyslexia and as a result has a hard time with writing papers. Upon the recommendation of others with dyslexia, she decided to try using Dragon to see if it might help her write and get her ideas down on paper more quickly.

I have used Word Perfect on and off since the early 90s and have always enjoyed using it more than Microsoft products. I have also done remarkable graphics work from Corel PhotoPaint and CorelDraw for years too, often having rave comments from other graphic artists who assumed I had been using Photoshop or Illustrator. I had lost track of WordPerfect for a while, but with the X6 package, am amazed at how superior this product is compared to the Office Products that I had been forced to use due to computer issues.

I’ve been a TurboTax user for many years, and the 2011 version continues the positive experiences I’ve had in the past. Installation on a PC running Windows XP (SP3) was uneventful. It took about 15 minutes start to finish, including the time to download an update from their website. No problems pulling in last years Turbo Tax return. That’s a big feature for me, since as a business owner, I have to deal with issues such as depreciation schedules.

I, like many others, am a Turbo Tax defector due to their eliminating access to Schedule C in their Deluxe and Premier packages. After using H&R Block Deluxe, I don’t think I’ll be going back to Turbo Tax. This handled all my tax needs, including Schedule C, without any problem. It installed just fine on a Win 7 machine, and imported by 2013 Turbo Tax return without any issues. The interface of H&R is different than Turbo Tax and, while it took me a while to get used to it, it’s not bad at all.

This is worth getting for one major reason: the ability to use multiple monitors with WP. That feature, for me, is hugely helpful when editing documents, and the omission of it was quite irksome. It is available in X6, and, for me, made the price to upgrade well worth it. (I was able to get this on a price dip for only $20.)nnThe rest of the package is very similar to X5.

Works as expected

Works as expected

Works as expected

Works as expected

Works as expected