Opening files: Ctrl-O gives you "open with options" (also available in the File menu). The "recent" list -- if you want the top item, use Ctrl-1. They say something about using a URL, but it is as clear as mud how this works (the trick is to use Ctrl-l, (lower case "L")).
Views: I find the guy talks too fast (for detail intensive technical topics anyway), so I set the playback speed to 0.75. This helps, but even with that I am finding these videos not very good for a beginner tutorial. The fellow hasn't thought too well about what his starting point is. These may be better to return to after I get started using other resources.
Tom's Computer Info / tom@mmto.org