I am currently working on my first map. I want to move the four command posts that are on the map when you start, but can't figure out how.

Read the second post of this topic:
http://www.gametoast.com/forums/viewtop ... 27&t=12482

Going through the 'Getting Started' documentation in the 'documentation' folder of the modtools will answer a lot of your initial questions (including this one)