Using Context Menus; Viewing Images - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

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Looking at the Work Area
• The hexadecimal value for the color beneath the
pointer.
• The index color table position for the color
beneath the pointer.
• The x- and y-coordinates of the pointer.
The x- and y-coordinates of your starting
•
position (before you click in the image) and your
ending position (as you drag in the image) when
you use the marquee tool, the shape tools, the crop
tool, and the slice tool.
• The width (W) and height (H) of the selection as
you drag when you use the crop tool, the shape
tools, the slice tool, or the zoom tool.
• The percentage change in width (W) and height
(H), the angle of rotation (A), and the angle of
horizontal skew (H) or vertical skew (V) when you
use a Transform or Free Transform command.
To change the Info palette options:
1 Choose Palette Options from the Info palette
menu.
2 For First Color Readout, choose one of the
following display options:
• Actual Color to display values in the current
color mode of the image.
• Total Ink to display the total percentage of all
CMYK ink at the pointer's current location, based
on the values set in the CMYK Setup dialog box.
• Opacity to display the opacity of the current
layer. This option does not apply to the
background.
• Any other option to display the color values in
that color mode.
3 For Second Color Readout, choose a display
option listed in step 2.
4 For Ruler Units, choose a unit of measurement.
Click OK.
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To change measurement units, click the
cross-hair icon in the Info palette for a menu of
options. To change color readout modes, click the
eyedropper icon.

Using context menus

In addition to the menus at the top of your screen,
context-sensitive menus display commands
relevant to the active tool, selection, or palette.
To display context menus:
1 Position the pointer over an image or
palette item.
2 Click with the right mouse button (Windows)
or hold down Control and press the mouse
button (Mac OS).

Viewing images

The hand tool, the zoom tools, the Zoom
commands, and the Navigator palette let you view
different areas of an image at different magnifica-
tions. You can open additional windows to display
several views at once (such as different magnifica-
tions) of an image. You can also change the screen
display mode to change the appearance of the
Photoshop or ImageReady work area.