Mine came with a book that is very helpful. It is sorta like autocad. I had that program years ago. A friend gave my husband a copy of that to help him with his work, he never could figure it out. I had alot of fun trying. EQ is so handy to me because I rarely use a "pattern" I just wing it. Get the basic instructions and start building a quilt. Very rarely does it end up the way I planned because I always want to add things or remove them. So now all that is done on the puter instead of in my head and on the design wall. Gonna save me alot of fabric. I've only made 2 quilts by instructions givin from a book or pamphlet. Good luck everyone, get out those programs and play, you never know you might just design that blue ribbon quilt!