I have been through the CD sights you suggested. This is what the basic CD suggests:-
How to resize and manipulate windows and inner windows, toolbars, price plots and indicators.
How to create and download your data files.
How to create layouts, templates, charts, and short-cut menus.
The interface as it applies to dialogs, file selection, and more.
Metastock has three manuals apart from their own-line help where all this is adequately covered. Let us look at the advanced version:-
How to create an Expert Advisor in easy-to-understand terms.
To understand the potential of the Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) features.
How to import data into spreadsheets, charts, word processing, and presentation software.
How to create custom formulas, explorations, and system tests.
How to analyze reports.
Except for the last two which have not been so well covered, the others have been well explained in the three manuals.
What I was asking was some advice on some good exercises that one could conduct using the tools and not to learn how the tool operates. Basic question- Once u have learnt the basic operations about charting and system tester, explorer and expert advisor what are some good exercises that a beginner should aim for. Rephrasing, what were some of the first things u attempted after familialirizing with how metastock functions.