Wordpress 2.7 is the greatest and most powerful platform ever made for bloggers. Wordpress is the most utilized platform by bloggers. There is a reason for that. Not only you get a powerful content management system for free, Wordpress' functionalities can be expanded through thousands of premium and free plug-ins 

Wordpress 2.7 is a significant step up from the previous version. The interface has been completely redesigned to offer more convenience and flexibility to bloggers. But if you are a blogger, and you are not getting the most out of your Wordpress installation, you are wasting opportunity to become productive and a better blogger.

Learning Wordpress shouldn't be hard. If you have never used Wordpress before, you are going to have the opportunity to master the latest version of Wordpress without having to worry about previous versions. If you are fairly experienced with WP, you find mastering the new features fairly easy.  

To learn Wordpress 2.7 from scratch, you need to:

• Find out what is it exactly that you want to accomplish with Wordpress. It's fine to know how to setup a Wordpress blog, but you need to have a clear strategy to get the best out of your blog. And let's not forget that depending on your niche, you may have to optimize the look and feel of your Wordpress blog.
• Find out whether you want to host your own Wordpress blog. A lot of folks let Wordpress.com host their blogs for free or pay Wordpress for premium features. The best long-term strategy is to host your own blog, but it all depends on the level of your technical knowledge.
• Learn how to work with the new Dashboard. The new dashboard was designed from scratch, and it looks very different from the previous version. While learning how things work in the new dashboard is not difficult, you may want to take time to learn how to get the best out of this new version. No benefit in using the latest version if you are not going to get the best out of it.
• find a decent theme and a set of compatible plug-ins for your Wordpress install. While most plug-ins that I have used are compatible with WP 2.7, there are a few that aren't. The same goes for themes. Do yourself a favor and test out themes before settling on one.
• learn everything there is about security and blog maintenance. Whether you are just new to WP 2.7 or new to everything WP, you want to make sure you know everything there is to know about blog security and maintenance to protect your blog against hackers and spammers.

Learning WP 2.7 is not that hard, as it is more user-friendly and intuitive to use. But you can always use training material such as Wordpress Foundations 2.7 to have someone walk you through the process. If you are interested in getting started in blogging, you can do no wrong by choosing WP as your blogging platform.