no field settings in block views? coming from D6, Im confused about why I can't seem to choose which fields from a content type I want to be displayed when I want to use the view as block? I searched for drupal 7 views fields settings but the results weren't about this particular issue.
If you select the content link on the 'show' line in the format section of the block definition (first column), you can switch the format to fields and then the available fields can be added.  You may want to view the video learning series at nodeone.se called "Taming the Beast' for more on how to use Views.