Adobe 9 is terrible!  DO NOT UPGRADE!!!

I was a happy user of Adobe 6, but was forced to upgrade to Adobe 9 due to issues with Vista and the former Adobe. Talk about a terrible terrible program. Here are some of the fun problems that are bound to happen:
The inability to change text color without exiting and re-opening the program several times. (Actually, for that matter, changing anything boxes, lines, text boxes or the typewriter, one needs to exit the program and re-load program in order to activate the properties box.)
Checkmarks or any stamp are difficult to use side by side. The program no longer provides the ability to make a checkmark or box side-by-side without placing the box elsewhere and moving.
No longer capable of copying a cell or cells from Excel and pasting the cells in Adobe does not work. When it does allow you to paste, the cell is about 3-4x the size of the page. The clipboard (located at the insert page cue) only locks up the program.
The program is awful, awful, awful. Before I receive the response that it is loaded incorrectly, please note that I have had 2 computer experts, who are quite competent, both have left scratching their head at the problem.
As a very unhappy customer of Adobe, please also be aware that their support is non-existent.
Now, I must go back to the awful Adobe to delete an Excel copy because it now consumes 4 pages and won't let me reduce its size.

Thank you for the responses.
Yes, I have attempted to use the right click properties bar to no avail. If I want to use the typewriter feature, occaisionally I will be allowed to change the type color, etc. without getting out and back in. God forbid I should have to use a line or box, because the properties will not allow any changes to those as well without getting out and back in (i.e.; I can only do one thing during the session.).
My biggest problem is that no longer can I copy and paste cells into a document from Excel. In the Adobe 6 version, I could copy and use the clipboard to paste into the document (not create a new page). Now, if the Adobe lets it be pasted it pastes as a 1000 times to big and there is often no way to reduce the size of the cells copied (as the borders extend far beyond the scope of the page).
Please provide any advice you may have on other programs that may prove a better fit. I so miss the Adobe 6.

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