Sorry if this has been brought up many times before but i just joined the beta yesterday and have been searching the site and the forums for any type of manual with no success. I realize most of you are old hands at this game already but for us new people you definitively get to the head scratching moment sooner rather than later with this game.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
There is no stupid questions - Only me.
I am not aware of any manual, there is no list of keyboard shortcuts (DAMN YOU) but if you need help please ask, and help me in the process of making the game interface and tutorial more newbie friendly, but do understand that the tutorial and such manual and/or wiki and/or guides have been delayed since the strategy changes somewhat each beta (or is supposed to, due to balance changes).
I will give you a list of keyboard shortcuts I find handy:
In short:
CTRL+N = new map
Tab = Next idle unit
Space = Skip unit
Numbers = Camera Angle
Ctrl Tab = Acheivements
Details:
- - When starting a new game, if your initial starting location is terrible, or you are insatisfied, or just you know, doesn't like the colour of the ocean - You can click CTRL+N to get the game to make a completely new map, with the same settings as you just used. - Don't use this lategame, since it usually crashes the game.
- - Clicking "Tab" will make the game select the next unit with no orders, which also have movement left.
- - During tactical combat, SPACE skips the current units turn (and makes it "Autodefend" - Gain a few bonus defense).
- - the numbered buttons, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and so on is preset camera angles set by the game, try to look through them to find the camera angle you think is the most awesome.
- - At any point with the game open, you can click "Ctrl + Tab" to open a special set of options, like previewing your acheivements.
These are the ones I remember from here. If you have any other questions please ask 
Sincerely
~ Kongdej