Sorry if I came off sounding harsh. I spend a lot of my personal time answering newbie questions on this list, and it bothers me when people say that newbies don't get helped here. They generally get a lot of help here.
If someone says "it's in the guide" and you can't find it, ask for a link to the relevant section. If you read that section and still don't get it, ask more questions. Sending people links to the proper docs in response to questions when possible is a simple matter of efficiency. - Perrin
