How to learn Aperture

I bought Aperture a few years ago.  I use it to store photos but I haven't really gotten a chance to learn to use many of it's features.  Beyond iPhoto-type usage, I don't really explore much.
What recommendations might you have for how to get familiar with the program and learn to use it's capabilities?

Beyond iPhoto-type usage, I don't really explore much.
Are you familiar with iPhoto?  If you have discovered how to do the things you can do in iPhoto in Aperture as well,  you are all set to get the most out of Aperture.
You know the basic structure of a photo library and the types of editing that can be done.
The biggest difference (for me) between Aperture and iPhoto is the ability (and necessity) to customize Aperture. In iPhoto are predefinded ways to accomplish the things you want to do, and there is only one way to do it. Just hit the button.  In Aperture are many ways to do the same thing, and you have more options to fine-tune it. 
Take your time to explore these differences:
How to structure your library: iPhoto does not have folders to group your events, only folders for albums. In Aperture you can and should group related projects in (nested) folders. This will make much easier to access projects quickly.
How to browse your images: In Aperture you have two separate ways to access the projects and you can have more than one library Inspector open, so that it is much easier to move images between library items by drag and drop. You do not need to copy and paste between events. Aperture offers more advanced smart searches - nearly any tag (EXIF/IPTC, keyword) can be used in smart searches or albums.
Keywords can be defined in hierarchical categories. For example, if you want a sparrow to show up when you search for sparrow, or bird, or animal, create your keyword "Sparrow" as a subordinate keyword to "Bird", and "Bird as a subordinate keyword of "Animal".  If you tag an image as "Sparrow", it will be found by a search for "Animal" as well.
You can customize the views in Browser and viewer, to be able to see exactly the metadata you need.
You can customize the adjustments pane, save your most frequently used adjustments as presets, lift&stamp adjustments between images. And most adjustments can be applied by brushing them in or away locally.
There is much more to discover. I found it relatively easy to get started with Aperture by first learning the basic things that make it work like iPhoto, and then trying out the advanced settings with the aid of the manual, when I needed them.

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