Glad its sorted :).
It sounds like you'd be better editing the templates (see this page: http://www.harriswebsolutions.co.uk/event-organiser/documentation/editing-the-templates/).
But if that's not for you, you can find documentation on the shortcodes here: http://www.harriswebsolutions.co.uk/event-organiser/documentation/shortcodes/event-list-shortcode/