Christine, the tablet is EXACTLY like a mouse, it works with all programs.

It's just a mouse in pen form, lol.
It does have a learning curve, but do the tutorial at the end of the installation process to get the basic ideo of how it works (because how a mouse moves all over the screen with the flick of a wrist isn't how the tablet works - every point on the tablet "connects" with a point on the screen...so if you click on the top right of your tablet work area, the mouse will be in the top right corner of your screen, etc).
Put away the mouse, because if you have it sitting there, you'll be tempted to reach for it instead of learning to use the pen...but believe me, the pen is AMAZING once you've got the hang of it.

It took me about a day before I got comfortable using it and pretty soon I was faster with the pen than a mouse.