[NPMUG] I have quickly reached the limits of my Mac ability

[Ralph Waechter]

My apologies if the following sounds like I am in need of remedial  
Apple kindergarten.  I probably never graduated from it.  In  
attempting to set up Backup (downloaded from Apple -- .Me I believe),  
I attempted to "drag and drop" a folder to the custom screen (which  
said to "drag and drop" what I wanted to backup).  I dragged thee  
"Documents" icon from the left column of the "Mac HD" screen -- that  
is the panel which also shows icons for "Desktop" my "home," "Music,"  
"Pictures," and Music."  In the panel or column below the one that  
lists "Network" and iDisk and any thing that I plug in by USB or put  
into the cd/DVD drive.  Well, when I dragged the "Documents" icon to  
the spot on the backup screen and dropped . . . it went "poof."   
Literally -- a little cloud appeared and a sound and it disappeared.   
Now, I need that thing because it is how I find documents (I am  
Windows biased, despite attempting to learn Mac logic).

Any help and (1) finding my Documents icon and getting it back to  
where it belongs and (2) helping me understand what happened would be  
greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ralph

N.B.  If there is a spot anyone can point me to to learn how to  
operate in Macland, I would be grateful.