Help! Am completely new to indesign

Hello everyone. I'm really excited to be starting
my first attempt at indesign. The problem is that I'm ENTIRELY NEW and ENTIRELY lost. I've been recommended the Classroom in a Book series by Peachpit. Is that the best instruction book to buy or is there one that's even simpler. Remember, I'm at even lower than basic level. I really need something from scratch. I have the lynda DVDs but they move too fast for me at the moment. Thank you lots!! 

I used to use Classroom in a Book for my college-level classes, but it was far from perfect (last version I used was CS3). There were some real errors and bad techniques on occasion-- even to the point that it was impossible to follow the directions, and some of the sample files were very badly made. Hopefully that has changed with newer versions. In the classroom I used these shortcomings as "teaching opportunities" and supplied corrections and supplementary material, but without outside guidance from an experienced user a complete beginner might be frustrated at times. If you use the CIB, please don't hesitate to come back here to get more advice or ask about exercises that don't seem to work.
I'll second Bob's advice, too. While Sandee's book may not match everyone's learning style, it should be very helpful. You may want to use it in tandem with the CIB and the Lynda materials.

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