Premiere Pro CS4 Functionality Questions

Hey everyone,
I've been thrown onto a Project which is using Premiere Pro CS4 (we have been using Roxio VideoWave), and have some basic questions I'm hoping someone can answer (I'm no expert in the video editing software field):
1) in Video Wave, I can easily add photos and movies to a project just by dragging and dropping from Windows explorer. In Premiere, it seems the only way I can add photos and videos to a project is to import the media, and then drag them from the "project library" to the timeline. Is there a way to drag and drop a photo directly from Windows Explorer into a Timeline? If so, please tell me what basic step I'm missing. :-)
2) Is there any way to preview what a transition will look like before actually adding the transition to the movie?
3) When I add a video/photo from the project library, I have to hold the CTRL key to have it to a "ripple" insert (eg, push everything else in the timeframe out). Also, I have to hold the CTRL key to do a "ripple trim". Is there any way to set these actions as the default so I don't have to hold the CTRL key down for these?
4) Lastly (for now :-) ), in Roxio Videowave I could easily edit the volume of a sound clip in the timeline just by clicking on the middle line going through the sound wave and dragging it up or down. I can't seem to figure out if there's a similar easy way to do it in Premiere Pro.
Any help appreciated! Again, sorry if these are basic stupid questions, but Premiere is currently way above my level of experience.
Thanks! :-)

1) Is there a way to drag and drop a photo directly from Windows Explorer into a Timeline?
In Premiere, no, there is not--at least not from Explorer itself. You need to import the files first (you can drag and drop them into the Project panel/bin), and then edit them into a sequence. However, you might try out the Media Browser; go to Window > Media Browser if you don't see it. Media Browser will give you an Explorer-like interface that you can use to drag files directly from the folder structure on your hard drive into a sequence; when you do so, they will simultaneously be imported into the project.
2) Is there any way to preview what a transition will look like before actually adding the transition to the movie?
Nope; you just have to try them until you find one you like. Then memorize it
3) When I add a video/photo from the project library, I have to hold the CTRL key to have it to a "ripple" insert (eg, push everything else in the timeframe out). Also, I have to hold the CTRL key to do a "ripple trim". Is there any way to set these actions as the default so I don't have to hold the CTRL key down for these?
Nope; those are hard-wired. It'll become automatic for you after awhile.
4) Lastly (for now :-) ), in Roxio Videowave I could easily edit the volume of a sound clip in the timeline just by clicking on the middle line going through the sound wave and dragging it up or down. I can't seem to figure out if there's a similar easy way to do it in Premiere Pro.
You probably don't have the volume or keyframe adjustments enabled for your track. Check the following screenshot:
You can select either "Show clip Keyframes" (which lets you keyframe other effects via the dropdown on the clip) or "Show Clip Volume" which shows just the volume effect. A yellow line will appear across the waveform; you can drag it up and down to adjust the total volume of a clip, or use the Control/Command key and click on the rubberband to add keyframes/nodes so that you can ramp the audio. You can also Control/Command click on a keyframe again to make it sprout handles so that you ease in or ease out the level. Note that you can also select the "Track" options, but that (as the name implies) adjust the level for the whole track and not individual clips.

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