Multiple issues on MacBook Pro Retina. Please help

I am new to Mac. Switched to MacBook Pro from PC being tired of multiple hang-ups and recently losing some important work done on excel.
Now, I face some issues. I know that the first 2 shown here are Microsoft issues, but hey, even those like me who switched to MAC will, like it or not, face Microsoft at some point. Besides, there is no such "Warning" notice before buying a MAC that reads "Ms Office users, please refrain from buying a Mac" after all. :-)
Hopefully someone here will be able to help me.
1) Outlook. (not critical but annyoing)
     a) I can't find the way to reply emails without imprinting the corporate Signature on every email. Is there any way to solve this?
     b) "Do not save" option for sending emails out is not an option?
     c) Request "read confirmation" not an option?
2) Excel. (critical for someone spending 95% of her/his time on excel)
Anyone working on fin markets will agree that excel goes without Mouse 90% of the time. For that reason shortcuts are a MUST.
Now... the issues
     a) Speed of scrolling. Moving around the excel sheet with the arrows is way to slow.. even for a 2.9Ghz Intel Pentium 8Gb Ram 500GB flash HD like my Mac. Is there any way to speed up this?
     b) PC shortcuts have changed completely in a Mac. A "critical" shortcut is the "F2" button, to edit cells and check formulas within. This has to be one keystroke.. not a combination of two.
     To my surprise F2 translates into Ctrl + U (two keystrokes).  I will reserve my comments on this matter, but somehow I have managed to resolve this myself by installing a Butler program and mapping the shortcut action manually on another key (under Esc).   ( -> so this one is somehow resolved)
3) Stability
     I have paid a hefty sum hoping that "hangs-up" would be part of the past. Unfortunately, I have suffered 5 hang ups in a period of 10 days, and doing some basic google search I came accross multiple forums about the "spiralling colour of death"? is there any way to turn a Mac more stable?
Of course, the machine is gorgeous, the built is impecable, the screen is superb but, I still suffer from the issues listed above.
so as a new Mac user and starting to become a bit frustrated, I am looking forward to your responses.
Kind regards

Outlook and Excel are different beasts on a Mac, and not as good if you're used to Office for Windows IMO so you have two choices:
1) Get over it, and re-learn Outlook and Excel but be prepared for certain features to be missing; or
2) Use bootcamp or a virtual machine to install your MS OS of choice and then install and use your favourite version of Office for Windows.
Enjoy!

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