Thanks - maybe I'll press on with AVG, not that I've had any trouble with Norton on various machines in the past.
BTW, Open Office is FREE (can't get cheaper than that) and the new OO 2.0 will be out soon. 95% of the functionality of MSOffice and highly compatible.
Star Office is the pay-for-it version of OO - a few advances on OO but won't be worth the difference when OO 2.0 comes out.