How to Edit a Photo to Make it Print Ready?

I have Photoshop Elements 5 running under Windows XP.
I have been editing photos for a while now for on-screen viewing, and I think I feel pretty comfortable with that. But now I would like to edit some photos to make them ready for print.
I am a little confused on the steps you should take to get the right document size and resolution. I know you should have at least about 220 ppi for photos you want to print. My Canon SD750 takes photos at 180 ppi with pixel dimensions of 3072 x 2304. So if I wanted to say, edit the photo to have a document size of 5 x 7 or 7 x 5 with a ppi of 250, what are the steps I would need to take? Also, do I need to be dealing with the pixel dimensions at all and/or resampling to make photos ready for print.
Thanks,
Lee

Lee,
For printing it is desirable to have a resolution of 240-300px/in, if possible.
Image>resize>image size brings up a dialog where you can enter the document dimensions in inches.
This link will provide you with details:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/PhotoshopElements/7.0_Win/WSae2ea3b149d0c3591ae939f103860b3d59 -7ee8.html#WSae2ea3b149d0c3591ae939f103860b3d59-7ee0

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