I have Finale PrintMusic, and I hate it. Straight input is nice, but editing is preposterously klutzy--and several key functions don't work as described in the documentation (which I would give no awards). Consequently, I find it unusable for composing, the main reason I bought the product. I'm a very experienced computer user and I know my way around music notation, so trust me when I say to avoid this one and probably Finale's "upgrade" products (which are unlikely to be different at the core) like Songwriter.