[RWP] Best way to work with Reaper

[Crystal Dennis]

This may be a stupid question, but everytime I've tried to play with
Reaper, I import tracks into the program and try to move them around
with the controls (with no success).  I've been recording in another
program, then trying to line up my tracks in Reaper, which is my only
multi-track mixer.  I was just wondering, since I am fairly new to
mixing the multi-track way, should I just try recording in Reaper with
my track playing instead  of importing?  Would that be easier for a
Reaper newbie to play with, or am I just not using Reaper right in the
first place and should startsomewhere else.  I feel like I'm missing
something major in terms of multi-track mixing, because everytime I
try to do something small like select a track and move it nothing
happens.

Any help with any of these issues would be greatly appreciated!

Crystal