Help needed in FF9

Ok i am playign FF9 on epsxe,the game works fine and is great,but can anyone tell me how i can fight,i can only fight in one style that is hit the eemy with the sword basically melee fighting,how can i do magic and stuff becasue i need to heal Princess Garnet in a fight
any help would be appreciated

Read a walkthrough from GameFaqs. Then, you will know how to play. B)

ok u need 2 no how ff works the whole series is alike in ways except 4 ff7 and 6 wich uses materia but ur magic is set 2 dif kinds of players garnet does white magic like healing and such(defense) and vivi does attack magic like thunder and fire eveyone one has dif magic acording 2 their class also download some walkthroughs

http://ffonline.com/ff9/guides.htm from there
or jus go and get the strategy guide so long and if u got qusetions emial me at systmrox@hotmail.com or msn - systmrox

good luck and hope i helped u