I am sooooooo a beginner as well. I don't have P6, but I agree that the manual that comes with P5 isn't that helpful. What I found helpful was to use the manual to familiarize myself with the names of all the parts of the interface. By working through the manual it made it much easier for me to follow the online tutorials. Also when it comes to the tutorials, I have really found the ones from Dr. Geep to be fantastic. One trick I have found with them is that if get a bit stuck on a page, read ahead a page or two. Sometimes the answer is actually coming up. Also just keep reading through the posts here. Often they will lead you in ways you just weren't yet ready to imagine.