TOTAL novice here- easy tutorial (like how to overlap clips) anywhere?

Hello- first of all my warmest gratitude to Karsten for believing in me (and Smithy Productions) and encouraging me to keep going.
I have bought Final Cut Express (3.5) HD and installed it.
Now- it looks a LITTLE TEENY bit like iMovie and that now holds no fears for me. BUT- how do I do simple stuff like drag clips into the time line and have them overlap (with transparency) like a transition but with my choices on where and when and for how long! MWUAHAHAHAHA!
I have tried to make a start on the manual (and will probably work my way through it but having only gotten to about page 87 skipping about a TINY bit in order to get somewhere this side of the week) but would appreciate some skilled person's input and point me in the right direction, thanks.
McBness

and have them overlap (with transparency) like a transition
but with my choices on where and when and for how
long! MWUAHAHAHAHA!
click on the little box down on the bottom left corner of the time line, (a line going up and down like a line graph)
ths will put a black line on your time line (audio and video) then click on your pen tool and this will allow you to place points to change your transp. move the line up and down to give the effect. (one way of doing it)
how do I do simple stuff like drag clips into the time line
click on the video clip and then drag it onto the time line, easy

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