Can someone help me with two questions regarding my PowerShot SX540HS?

I'm generally pretty tech savy, but I'm having problems with two very basic functions on my PowerShot SX540HS.  I downloaded the complete operating manual and followed the instructions to the two questions, but I am unable to answer these questions after a lot of testing with the camera settings.

1. is it possible to force the flash to the position, but keep any AUTO value? (I need an additional light on the African-American faces when shooting outdoors).  The manual States that there should be a setting IT for flash, but all I see is auto flash or disabled.  I don't see a setting IT allows me to force the flash fires.

2. I need help with how to set up the camera to focus on how to features of landscapes in the background (such as a mountain range) instead of focus on something more about that appears in the frame, perhaps some leaves from a nearby tree.  When I tried testing the manual focus by following the instructions in the manual and set the focus to infinity, ISO camera settings went haywire and I got a completely overexposed photo.

I'd appreciate any help.  I thank you very much.

Your welcome!

The brightness problem is your camera set to have the i-contrast on Auto? If this is not the case, try this to fix the bightness of images that you have taken or will take.

You can of course put the ISO and shutter speed manually too in P mode for pictures where I contrast does not work well for you.

P mode is basically the Auto mode, but it allows you to make changes where you want.

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