ah..didn't know that. I thought there was a Maya demo, but it was time-restricted (but I could be wrong..I have way too many demos to look at..;)
I didn't know Maya wouldn't run in 98. You're a few OS's back there..what version of Poser are you using? The later the version, the (I preseume) the easier the 'boning'..
Usually If you're just doing morphs, you can export the body part you want, and manipulate it there (I'm at the 'baby steps' part of this..;), then bring it back in as a morph target. Dr. Geep (this is getting silly) has a morph tutorial using Wings and Poser.
not much help here, but good luck anyway..

I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit

anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)