How Do I Move the Bearing Guides?

[phamdinhnam3]

Okey dokey, my turn to be pointed in the right direction.
I'm struggling to find the basic tutorials my shrivelled brain requires.

I have my vectors in AI.
I am able to drag my first glyph (a) into the correct window in Font Creator and it is automatically positioned on the baseline.
Now I am stuck.
How do I move the horizontal guides (bearings?) to where they need to be?
What is a Win Ascent and a Typo Ascender?
Where should my new glyph be sitting?
What size should it be (I think it was luck that my glyph sits roughly in the required position).
Yes, I'm sure I'm being a dunce but I can't find any answers I understand in the user manual. All I see is numbers.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

See the FAQ thread at the top of this forum.