Where can I find instructions for chopping, etc with a Vitamix?

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I recently got a VM 5200 but I can't find any directions for performing

different modes of operation with it, like chopping, etc.

There are general instructions in the owners manual, that say start it at 1

(under Variable) and then up to 10, and then onto High, but that produces a

pureed result (and not all the time: I am having a problem with the contents at

the bottom of the container pureeing while everything on top of that remains

whole and untouched. I have to 'work' the tamper down thru the lid several times

to push the contents around, and this is with using lettuce and steamed, soft

veggies - not hard things. I don't see an air pocket. When the entire mixture

finally starts to spin around, there is a vortex, and then it all blends nicely

- but I have to keep 'working' it)

Would a smaller container contribute to better blending? (and this tall

container is downright impossible to get down into, when it is on a counter!)

Thanks, Les