To Save And Delete Bridge Workspaces; To Set Bridge Preferences - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Displays the content area in Thumbnails view, along with the Metadata panel prominently shown.
Metadata Focus
Displays just the content area, in Filmstrip view.
Filmstrip Focus
See also
"To save and delete Bridge workspaces" on page 83

To save and delete Bridge workspaces

You can save the current Bridge layout (that is, the work area configuration) as a workspace and reuse it later. By
saving Bridge in various configurations, you can work in (and quickly switch between) different layouts of the work
area. For instance, you might use one workspace to sort new photos and another to work with Adobe InDesign files.
Note: A Bridge workspace is different from a Version Cue Workspace. Your work in Bridge workspaces has no effect on
Version Cue Workspaces.
Choose Window > Workspace, followed by one of these commands:
Saves the current Bridge layout as a workspace so that you can reuse it later, even if you move a
Save Workspace
panel or change the view in the content area. If you choose this command, enter a name for the workspace and click
Save. You can also assign a keyboard shortcut to the workspace and specify whether to save the location of the Bridge
window as part of the workspace.
Delete Workspace Deletes the saved workspace. If you choose this command, choose the workspace from the
menu, and click Delete.
Reset To Default Workspace
See also
"To select Bridge workspaces" on page 82

To set Bridge preferences

Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Bridge > Preferences (Mac OS).
1
Select any of the preferences categories on the left:
2
Controls the general appearance settings. You can use this category to specify such preferences as how dark
General
to make the content area for thumbnails, what information to show with thumbnails, and what to include in the
Favorites panel. See "Bridge General preferences" on page 84.
Controls which sections and fields are displayed in the Metadata panel.
Metadata
Labels Assigns names to each color label and specifies whether you need to press Control as part of the keyboard
shortcut combination to apply labels and ratings to files.
Specifies which application to use from Bridge to open files of the named type. For any file
File Type Associations
type, you can click the name of the application (or None) and click Browse to locate an application to use. You can
also reset the file type associations to their default settings as well as hide any file types that don't have an associated
application. This affects only those files that you open with Bridge, and overrides the Explorer (Windows) and Finder
(Mac OS) settings.
Restores the workspace to the default configuration.
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