How-to guide for interest rate and currency swaps

Not going to lie, I could barely solve a swaps question half an hour ago.

I found a post written years ago that gives a step-by-step explanation on how to solve interest rate and currency swaps:

http://www.analystforum.com/forums/cfa-forums/cfa-level-ii-forum/91320283

Enjoy!

The minute I understood it was the equivalent of shorting a fixed coupon and being long a floater I was pretty much set free on swaps.