Apply Transition problem / pg. 138 FCE 4 Editing Workshop book

I have opened lesson 8 and followed well up through having two sub clips and applied -15 to the first and 15 frames to the second at the join point using the ripple tool. Step 6 on pg. 138 says in conclusion 'apply the transition.' I then drag the transition 'Cross Dissolve' from the Dissolve bin to the edit point between the two clips I have rippled. This is where it falls apart, or nothing happens but a clip of a lady squealing while serving food fades in and cuts abruptly off at the beginning of the second sub-clip. This lady seems out of context with the two scenery shots and worse yet, the timeline does not show the two halves of a pyramid leading into and out of the transition, only a clip of this lady shows up similar to a 'shuffle edit' but with a fade in transition from the end of the first sub-clip and an abrupt end where the second sub-clip starts.
I am thrown for a loop and don't know where to go from here.
Does anyone have a successful application of this transition from the book and DVD that could tell me where I may have gone wrong?
TIA,
Ken

Tom Wolsky wrote:
The transitions should be applied from the Effects tab next to the Project tab, or from the Effects menu. It sounds as if you're dragged one of the transition samples that I provided on the DVD into the timeline.
I'll try it again, and yes, even though now, with a few trials going back through the process I was able to get the visible pyramid on the timeline and the two sub-clips now visually transition with dissolve from one to the other, there is still the audio 'woo hoo' sound of the lady serving food from what appears to be another unrelated clip. This must be from the transition sample I thought was the cross dissolve effect as it is labeled 'cross dissolve' and is in the effects tab from the Transitions folder I imported for chapter 8. Thank you Tom, I'll bet this works on the next try - I'll use the Effects menu this time.

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