Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual page 30

CHAPTER 1
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Looking at the Work Area
To view information about a palette in the palette
well:
Position the pointer over the palette's tab.
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Look at the Hints palette to see a brief
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description of the palette. (See "Using the Hints
palette" on page 29.)
Using palettes
Palettes help you monitor and modify images.
There are many ways to organize palettes in the
work area. You can store palettes in the palette well
to keep them out of your way but easily accessible;
or, you can keep frequently used palettes open in
the work area. Another option is to group palettes
together in the work area, or to dock one palette at
the bottom of another palette.
Note: Drag a palette out of the palette well if you
want to keep it open.
To display a palette:
Do one of the following:
Click its tab.
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Choose the appropriate Show command in the
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Window menu. All palettes are listed in the
Window menu.
To change the size of a palette:
Drag any corner of the palette (Windows) or drag
the size box at its lower right corner (Mac OS).
Note: Not all palettes can be resized.
To close a palette:
Do one of the following:
If the palette is in the palette well, click outside
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the palette in the work area or click the palette's
tab. (See "Using the palette well" on page 21.)
Click the close icon on the palette title bar.
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If the palette is in a palette group, click the close
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icon on the title bar for the group.
Choose the appropriate Hide command in the
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Window menu. If the palette is grouped with other
palettes, the entire group is concealed.
To show or hide multiple palettes:
Do one of the following:
To show or hide all open palettes, the options
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bar, the shortcuts bar, and the toolbox, press Tab.
To show or hide all palettes, press Shift+Tab.
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To group palettes together:
Display the palettes you want to group together.
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If the palettes are in the palette well, drag at least
one of them into the work area.