Looking At The Work Area; Using The Toolbox - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

Chapter 1: Looking at the Work Area
T he Adobe Photoshop and Adobe
ImageReady work area includes the
command menus at the top of your screen
and a variety of tools and palettes for editing and
adding elements to your image. You can also add
commands and filters to the menus by installing
third-party software known as plug-in modules.

Using the toolbox

The first time you start the application, the
toolbox appears on the left side of the screen.
Some tools in the toolbox have options that
appear in the context-sensitive tool options bar.
(See "Using the tool options bar" on page 59.)
These include the tools that let you use type, select,
paint, draw, sample, edit, move, annotate, and
view images. Other tools in the toolbox allow you
to change foreground/background colors, go to
Adobe Online, work in different modes, and jump
between Photoshop and ImageReady applications.
For an overview of each tool, see the
"Toolbox overview" topics in online Help.
For information on the foreground and
background color controls, see "Choosing
foreground and background colors" in
online Help.
Displaying and working with tools
You select a tool by clicking its icon in the toolbox.
A small triangle at the lower right of a tool icon
indicates hidden tools. Positioning the pointer
over a tool displays a tool tip with the tool's name
and keyboard shortcut.
To show or hide the toolbox:
Choose Window > Show Tools or Window >
Hide Tools.
To move the toolbox:
Drag the toolbox by its title bar.
To select a tool:
Do one of the following:
To select a visible tool, click its icon or press its
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keyboard shortcut.
To select a hidden tool, position the pointer
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on the visible tool and hold down the mouse
button until the tools list appears. Then, click the
tool you want.
To cycle through a set of hidden tools, hold
down Shift and press the visible tool's shortcut
key. To enable or disable this option, choose Edit >
Preferences > General, then select or deselect Use
Shift Key for Tool Switch.
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