What are you animating? What format are you interested in? (avi, gif) The subject and medium have a lot to do, with the how to. I agree with Skid except that, any dial movement or pose change will create a key frame so the add button is not necessary for just a simple animation. Next you would make the movie, and then there is always the post-work. Learning how to use the animation pallet and the graph will also help in creating animations, once you understand key-framing. With the walk designer, python editor, dynamic cloth, dynamic hair, even dynamic shaders, and much more, Poser 5 is a wealth of animations just waiting to happen. (And a whole #$!! of a lot to learn.) Is the ground visible? (it comes as default invisible) from the parameter dial, select props - ground and check the properties tab for visibility.