Clone and Pattern Stamps

I have purchased Photoshop Elements 10 after my old computer crashed with Photoshop Business 1.0 that worked great for many years. Now I can't get the Clone Stamp or Pattern Stamp tools to work or I don't understand how they work. I can't make heads or tails out of any of the help areas. Actually I can't figure out how to do about 90 percent of the things I used to do with the old program. This is another case of Newer is NOT better! I'm finding it's impossible to complete the photo jobs that were simple before. The "layers" issue is killing me. Can the layers be shut off? Right now I'll be a little happier if someone can help me with the Clone Stamp and Pattern Stamp. No matter how many times I try to click with the Alt, I just get a patch of light blue and I have no idea where it came from.... .

For the clone stamp tool you should be able to alt click on the area for the source and paint on another area to copy the source to that area.
In reality if your old program is anything like older versions of photoshop then the options for the clone stamp might be a little different.
You should have aligned checked and you might want to uncheck Show Overlay.
This is a pretty good video (uses pse 9, but pse 10 is the same):
http://www.alibony.com/video/video-lesson57.htm
For the pattern stamp you don't have to define a pattern each time you use the tool if you can find a suitable pattern in the presets.
If you do define a new pattern, then you can save it as a preset if you think you'll need it later.
The directions for the clone stamp in the pse 10 help manual are not very good, but the ones for the pattern stamp tool are not bad:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshopelements/using/WS287f927bd30d4b1f71abaa0b12e28aec742- 7fdc.html
Some videos covering the pattern stamp tool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95RkHw8ryLA
Some layers videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lWgnl4IcGg
I'd highly recommend a book such as Photoshop Elements 10: The Missing Manual.
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