If the camera supports aperture priority, set the aperture as wide open (low number) as possible.
Unfortunately, due to the small sensor size of P&S cameras (and the resulting very low focal lengths used to achieve a given field of view), P&S cameras generally have incredibly deep depth of field even when wide open, so they aren't very good for photographic situations where a shallow DOF is desired.
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