re: "Many people agree that revision 5.1a, specifically, was the best version of Word that Microsoft has ever shipped."<p>Fortunately, my Ancient Powerbook still runs version 5.1. Eminently usable, and far less annoying than the Office 2008 version. Among other travesties, the current version will often refuse to select a single word, obstinately selecting another word, next to the word you want to select (and delete) and thus deprecating one's deletion experience to repeated tapping of the Delete key.<p>As a side benefit, the Powerbook won't load almost all web sites, thus removing one obvious procrastination temptation.