Now you're off so I'm sure there will be a bunch more questions to follow, don't hesitate to post them. Probably best to go experiment for a bit and find out where you get stuck. Don't worry, once you get past a few basics the general workflow will become familiar and you can ignore more complicated parts of the program until you need them.

I may be off base here, but Truman, in your second post you wrote: "I was surprised to find that I couldn't hear any sound on the piano keys (left of screen) and when I entered some notes and tried to play it back, no sound again."
 
Is this (in bold above) the keyboard that is on the left side of the Piano Roll View? If this is the case, I don't think clicking on those keys produce any sound. But if you click on an entered note in the PRV, yes you should get sound.
 
So if the above suggestions from the forum helped you get sound out of your system great!. Just don't expect the PRV 'keys' to make any sound. 
 
 
 

Thanks Tunerman but I wasn't getting any sound from either.  However the issue is solved for now.  By choosing a softsynth from the Insert menu I was able to choose an instrument track. That did the trick.  I'll be in touch if I have any more questions.  This is a very helpful thread.
 

Yea and then I inadvertantly deleted the file and now I have to start all over again.  Doh !

Not sure it I asked this but how do you get rid of latency? When I click on the sound button I get a delay when I speak of sing into the track.