I just bought oner and its dead easy to use. It has all the usual P A S M modes of an SLR, plus Macro Simple mode and Movie.
It also has one marked SCN which has loads of preset settings for quick use like Food, Candlelight and Starry Sky which opens the shutter from 15-60 seconds.

I use it mainly in P mode and shoot away.
If you press the SET buton on the back you can select White Balance, Exposure compensation,Autobracketing, Flash compensation, ISO and Sensitivity etc.
There are also settings for colour effects including B/W mode,Sepia, Cool and Warm.
You can select the focus method too, including spot focusing(can also select spot metering, fabulous!)
It is a fantastic little camera!

If theres anything specific youre stuck on give me a shout and I'll do what I can to help.