Hey...I totally agree with mhcannon.....you have to learn the interface first...but...the good thing is that there are tutorials out there that help you out with the interface....explaining what features it has...what does what...how you can do something...etc...just look around...this site is an excellent resource of course....and if you are serious enough...I would recommend getting either the Art Of Maya (it's not a big "tutorial" book...more of a "telling you everything you can do" book)......and another book that will get you really familiar with the interface and working in maya..is the learning may foundation book (I know it's a really horrible book..but I have to admit I got used to the interface fairly quickly with it)...anywho....that's really cool that you have maya 7...man...i've seen what's in it...I can't wait for my school to update to version 7...good luck with everything
theanswerrp03