Yes. I only got a second piece of my birthday cake by putting the slice away as soon as I'd cut the cake. Twelve slices for six people somehow doesn't equal two each.

Yes, a hands-on tutorial comes with and was supposed to take an hour or two (depending on which info I read), but since it showed how change colors, I couldn't help but test that out.

I've heard only enthusiastic reviews of the program, so I was a little wary (bad reviews can tell you more than good ones). I can see lots of applications for it, but haven't used it enough to know it yet. The thing I like best is that I can write stories as chapters, but print them out whole without a giant amount of copy/paste or wasting paper.