@somanyhills & to be clear: I think Mickey Peterson knocked it out of the park with his article An Emacs Tutorial: Beginner’s Guide to Emacs, which I linked to.

Once you finish Emacs’s tutorial, you’re left with more questions than answers. In this beginners’ tutorial to Emacs, I’ll show you how to customize Emacs; how to get around and ask Emacs questions; and how to spot (and avoid) picking up bad habits.