Everyone wants an application that does everything they want, but only what they want. The result is that application developers have to create software that includes features representing a cross-section of their users' requirements. This is not an easy problem to solve.<p>I find more recent versions of Microsoft Word far easier to use. The Ribbon has tucked away infrequently used features to UI spaces that are easy to reach, but not "in your face". My first stop is the "auto-correct" preferences. Once you've turned all that crap off, the software is perfectly usable for me.<p>Perhaps the author should consider some of the popular applications that are targeted specifically at authors: Scrivener, WriteRoom, Ulysses, etc.<p>However, anyone expecting powerful software to work <i>exactly</i> as <i>you</i> expect is setting themselves up for disappointment. I can't think of a flexible, powerful tool that doesn't involve a learning curve of some sort.