WoW newbie looking for advice

[Taelas]

I don't hate Wanding, far from it, I just find it annoying how every "attack" seems to count as a spell and triggers the global cooldown. A staff attack doesn't do that, for example, so I can hit a spell whenever I want to. But with a Wand I have to force it to stop by mashing a spell button or moving.

I'm level 18 now so I've actually healed in an instance already (Whaling Caverns). Gonna need to find a mod that will allow me to move the party frame to the right, under the minimap. 'Cause it's seriously annoying to have to move the hand all across the screen every time somebody needs my attention. I'm hoping the CTMod I'm already using allows it, just haven't had the chance to investigate on the fly in the instance.

It's easier (and faster) to use keybindings, in my opinion.

The main bar has keybindings by default, and you can scroll through different bars on it. You can place your healing spells on one of them and just scroll down to it when you're healing in a party. You shouldn't have to use any other spells, anyway.

Also, the default setting for F1-F5 targets party members (where F1 is you).

The easiest way to heal (at least, in my experience) is to click the party member first, then click the healing spell.