I have a VX-5R and find it a great little handheld. I found a handy pocket reference guide that is much shorter and more concise than the Yaesu manual and it is available from ve3ayr for $7.95 US.
The website is
http://www.bigwave.ca/~janus/hrm/vx5/index.htmlYou can email him at
ve3ayr@rac.ca perhaps he could make a text version available to you.
Good luck
Eric VA3EP