Poser seem to be a HANDS ON program and the manual your reading is for technical info not artistic advice. The best way (my opinion) is to tinker with it until you come to an impass and have some good questions... then come here with those questions! I've been playing with this program for 4-5 months and have not even touched the surface! Patience...patience...patience!

"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth."
  --  Mark Twain --