Canon PowerShot A640 Digital Camera "sybolic" Questions

Canon PowerShot A540 I am trying to take photos of engraved glass, how do you shut off the flash so that i don't get the reflection? Can you give me any other tips on how to take good clear shots of ...

i think the internal battery has gone??? cannot see through viewfinder- which has a flashing sybol If your "timer" symbol is like a clock-face, then it's telling you that the date/time need to be ...