We are happy to answer your questions before they become problems. However, if you find you still have questions, do not hesitate to contact Golden Software’s technical support team. Usually, the answers to your questions are found in one of these locations. Golden Software's website contains a knowledge base of questions and answers and training videos. If you find you still have questions after you have completed the tutorial, you should consider reviewing the material in Surfer's extensive in-program help. The tutorial can be accessed in the program by clicking the button and navigating to the Tutorial book or by clicking Tutorials in the Welcome to Surfer dialog.
After you have completed the tutorial, you will have the skills needed to create maps in Surfer using your own data. The tutorial is designed to introduce basic Surfer features and should take less than an hour to complete.