Mary, I was lucky enough to get a copy of CakeWalk (professional v3) as part of a comuputer deal and I took to using it very easily. We are all different but I found it one of the most intuiative software packages (not just music software) that I have used.

I am another one that uses the drag and place notes with the staff. One thing is that although I have some idea on the basics of the theory of music, my sight reading skills are basically nill so I like the way Cakewalk plays the note as I am trying to find its proper place on the staff - just leaves me with the note length to get confused over sometimes.

Jon