I have EQ6 and I love it.. My DH gave it to me for a Christmas gift, along with a book called "EQ6 Simplified". Being a new grandma, and busy with an elderly parent as well didn't give me time to really learn it, or so I thought. Earlier this year I needed to design a quilt that I'm making for a Navy Reunion raffle. I got on there and it all fell into place.. it's a wonderful program.. I am using mine all the time now! It just takes awhile because the program has so much to offer. I still use the old graf paper and pencil method to figure out a block, but then transfer my pencil musing to the program and let it do all the math and figuring of yardages. Keep at it, and don't get discouraged. It does all the figuring for you!
Happy EQing, Judie