Chessbase 13: How to use it?

Hi!

I just recently purchased Chessbase 13. It is useful to gather up all these games in databases, the preparing tools, the cloud databases and learning new openings (Using Big Database 2013 really helps for GM games when learning a new opening) That is all I know on Chessbase. But, I noticed that there are TONS more features on ChessBase. For example, on the screen with all the databases, there are tabs at the top: Home, Report ect. 

So, that will be the first thing I want

1. Home screen with all the databases

1. Home section

I know most of the tools here, but what does it mean by "Online" and "Hard Disk" and how can I use it? Those are my only 2 questions in the Home section

2. Report section

I have no idea what any of them mean and how to use them. Any ideas on how to use any of these tools: "Opening Reference" "Editorail Annotation" (Really interested in that one) "Collect Openings",  "Generate Reportoire" "Repertoire Report with White (and Black)" 

3. Maintenance

I do not even get the point of this toolbar, so can anybody tell me how to use all the tools and why they are there?

4. Cloud

I have discovered what to do here via. youtube videos

5. View

No questions here. Expiremented, and they just make the page look the way you want it to

6. Help

Well, nothing there either. If I get no replys here, I will ask for help but I do not feel like doing it.

So, those are my questions there, but how about on the actualy board?

2. On the Board

There is SOOOOOO much here and I basically know how to use none of them. I am interested in all of them, but the one that really hit me was on Report. They had similar Endgames, structures and moves. So on the "Report" toolbar, is where I want my answers most. Give me answers elsewhere, that is EXCELLENT!

3. Cloud

And finally, Cloud. I know basically how to use it, but I saw this guy on youtube about these little coloured boxes you can get with anything, but he never explained how to do it. I would love to know how to do it. Anyways, is there anything big I am missing with Cloud Databases and is there some special things I can do with it? All I do is collect games from there as my openings, I do not use it much.

I would love for you to reply and explain how I use these tools. If you think just expirement them for yourself, I do not know how to use them or I am worried that some of the outer tools will erase some of my coaches and other peoples annotated games and I would not want to lose those. 

If you can find any youtube videos for Chessbase 13, that is great.

Please comment

Thank you

DJ

Any thoughts?

Make backups of your data, and look for a CB13 Help file.

Perhaps ChessBase Complete: Chess in the Digital World by Jon Edwards would be helpful. If I remember correctly, it was written for ChessBase 12.

http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2014/9/7/a-review-of-jon-r-edwards-chessbase-complete.html

Most of the things that you are describing, I learned to use in ChessBase 8 twelve years ago. I read a lot of articles by Steve Lopez at the time. If you use Google, you will find that some of these are still available. Or, I could add tutoring in use of ChessBase to my coaching profile. I'm still using 11, but there's only one or two things that are different in13.

I use chessbas free on my XP computer but now iuse mc so I don't use chessbase to.   However I know that "Online" is where u play chess online.   (Duh)