It's a bloody mess, isn't it?

This is my first real go at this program in many many years, outside of typing a quick note/letter type thing. I was messing around with Styles, and it just seems so blasted counterintuitive...Yes, I know it's me not it. It works how it works.
Thanks for the post and the help...but it's crunch time -- deadline at 8 am. I've been fooling with these things so long that Im starting to get a thousand yard stare. If tab tab enter tab is how it's gotta be, Im gonna roll with it for now. They seem to export to pdf ok, so at least that's what the students will get.

I began reading the links already provided...is there any 101's that are geared more towards the functionally illiterate? Once I get it figured out I plan on redoing these files, as I have to update after the next legislative session.

Thanks so much. Ill do my best!