Getting the Basics.

Lets go over tools!

This first image is the Top Menu tool bar.

Each symbol has its own unique meaning.  This menu has been broken down below.
Start a New Image
Open an Image from a file or folder
Save Image or Save the current Image As
Print an image or catalog
Scan an Image if you have a scanner hooked up to your system
Start  a screen or area Capture
Undo the Last Action
Cut the selection or image if nothing is selected
Copy the selection or image if nothing is selected
Paste as New Image from the Clip board
Select None of the image 
Invert Selection only works if something is selected
Increase colors to 16 million colors
Show Grid if you have already set up your grid size
Help pulls up the help section for PSP

This is the Side Menu tool bar.
Each symbol has its own unique meaning.  This menu has been broken down below.
Arrow is used to select an image if you have many open.
Magnifine Glass in used to zoom in and out of an image.  Left click to zoom in, right click to zoom out.
Deform your image, twist it, make it a polygram.
Crop your image.
The Mover tool allows you to move your image or each layer.
Selection enables you to select a square, rectangle, circle or ellipse within your image.
Freehand selector tool is also known as Lasso.
Magic Wand lets you select all the same colored pixels in an area of an image.
Dropper allows you to pick up a color from any color in the image.
Paint Brushes allow you to work with a paint brush like tool.
Clone Brush let you pick any part of the image and copy it to another part of the image.
The Color Replacer will give you the ability to replace any color in the image with another.
Retouch is an easy way to soften, blur, smudge, etc. certain areas of your image.
Eraser does just that, it erases.
The Tube Brush lets you use a rolling type of stamper of images you use frequently.
The Airbrush tool acts as a spray-can, airbrush, motorized brush, etc.
The Flood Fill Bucket is just like pouring a full bucket of paint into any part of your image.
The Text Tool allows you to add Text to your image.
The Line tool can draw Straight or Bezier lines and curves.
Shapes Tool enables you to select a square, rectangle, circle or ellipse within your image and give it a solid outline or fill it with color.

Now, lets take a look at your display pallets or control windows

This is your Layer Pallet:
When you have multiple layers in an image, it will expand in size.
The tri-colored box in the second column controls the Layer visibility.
The Green or Red pad lock controls whether the layer's transparency is unlocked or locked with each layer and in that order.
The slide bar in the middle column controls the opacity of each layer (transparency to the next layer)
And lastly, the last column which is barely visible here controls how the layer overlays the next.

This is your Control Pallet
There are two parts to it.  As we work more with our images, you will explore these Pallets.

1. Tool Controls Tab

2.  Brush Tip Tab

Last, Color Selector Pallet

Roughly, this is where you pick your colors.  The Top area is all the colors in the spectrum with all variations. The middle area shows you what colors you currently have selected.  The Tan or uppermost color on this image is the Foreground Color, the Black or bottom color is the Background Color. If you double click on either of these, it will bring up the windows custom color selector. (The second image) The last area of the box shows RGB values when you select a color.  To know what color you are selecting, the Xed box will show it.