I guess Omron's big open memory map and CX-Programmer are a bit of a challenge first time up Steve. Lots of short cuts like #, &, @, ! to make life easier but it is a matter of finding them first.
At the end of the day they are really good things, once accustomed to them. I also like the fact that there are many many things that you can program to key combinations to make life easier, much more than I have encountered in other software, particularly the European drag and drop stuff.
I use F8 for functions and for a timer, for example, just type in F8 - TIM 10 #300 for a 30 second timer number 10. Really groovy. If you set up the timers and counters to be binary (hex), use & instead of # and all is well. I do all my regular functions that way such as BCNT, APR, SFTR, > etc etc.
How are you liking the software as you become accustomed to it? Beats the heck out of anything els I have used. That includes most of the majors and many of the minors over the years.
The other thing I use absolutely extensively is the Windows calculator to convert numbers all ways - hex, binary, BCD etc. The most usefull accessory in Windows to me.
By the way, your details do not state where you are based? I do not recognise the country logo.