I spent 5 years piddling around with it, as others have mentioned. Tried Rhonda's tutorials, and learned something from the first couple, but I seem unable to learn easily from step-by-step written directions. I have the same problem with the books.
What finally got me jump-started was this free video tutorial by Kari Schell called "Catch the Waves":
https://www.onpointquilter.com/blog/...-quilt-newbies
I think it's still available. Basically each video is just 10 minutes or so in length, enough for me to pay attention to, and what I did was watch a few minutes, pause the video, then do the same thing on my EQ7. I had to re-watch portions of it, and it wasn't all-inclusive, but it got me *finally* into the basics of the program. She may have a similar series for EQ8; I'm not sure.
One of my biggest issues, even after watching the video tutorials, was trying to figure out how to delete a line in EasyDraw when I wanted to change something. I have finally figured it out, so if anyone else is struggling with this, let me know. (It might be in the video tutorials, and I forgot it. This is the kind of detail my mind struggles to retain.)
One of my biggest desires has been to be able to ask a question, such as "how do you delete a line in EasyDraw", and get it answered quickly (without feeling stupid for asking the question). To this end, I think I am going to create another thread here that will be strictly for asking questions and getting answers. I'm thinking it might be okay to combine questions about EQ7 and EQ8, but maybe that is asking for confusion.
Any suggestions for the new thread?