I feel your pain. I poked a stick at BIAB for years, starting with v.7 for DOS (or was it Win 3.1?). I have had several versions since then and currently have 2013. While my profile shows me as an "Expert" or "Veteran" or some such nonsense, I am probably familiar with about 5% of BIAB's features.

Unfortunately, I don't know a way around that genuinely steep learning curve. I have long suggested handing documentation over to a third-party specialist, but so far no joy.

BIAB is the ultimate shiny object and can lead you down many fascinating paths, but that is often detrimental to getting the job done. (In fact, I have virtually given up on trying to tell BIAB what to do and often take its "suggestions" as a co-composer, but that's another story.)

What I can tell you, as someone with an official diagnosis of ADD, is to focus. The way I do this is to state what I am trying to do in a short sentence or paragraph on a sticky note and literally paste it to the wall in front of me. Then I go after that and nothing else, learning only what I need to get that task done.

Sounds easy, doesn't it? But then you run into the deficiencies of the BIAB documentation--mainly an incomplete index, specialized terminology (you have to know what PG calls a thing so you can look it up), and so on. Sometimes it is just easier to come to the forums and post your questions here. As long as you are making an effort to learn on your own, you will find this community incredibly knowledgeable and (almost) infinitely patient. Please don't be afraid to use that approach.

HTH,

Richard

"My primary musical instrument is the personal computer."