battle formations help_noob question

[Josephus Maximus Soter]

i am truly new to rome total war eb, but i like it ALOT. i recently downloaded some custom battle formations from this site (the Marcus Camillus and the Darth ones) but i have no idea how to access them in combat. can someone help me out? i apologize for the non-adeptness of my question.....

[Strategos Alexandros]

Your army starts the battles in them. They aren't used by grouping units together.

[Lysander13]

i am truly new to rome total war eb, but i like it ALOT. i recently downloaded some custom battle formations from this site (the Marcus Camillus and the Darth ones) but i have no idea how to access them in combat. can someone help me out? i apologize for the non-adeptness of my question.....

Your army does in fact start out deployed as dictated by the formations file. However, you do have access to other formations as defined in the player formations file....i.e...Darth, MC, or whichever you happen to use. Presuming your forces meet the prerequisites to use said formations. To access the other player formations: group all your units together, ( or rather group the units you want to be a part of said formation ) you can do this also by holding down the Ctrl button on your keyboard plus the letter A. Once you've grouped all your units together, go to the lower right hand corner of the user interface and click the button that says bring up group formations or something to that effect. That will bring up the player formations available to you.