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To select Bridge workspaces
A Bridge workspace is a certain configuration or layout of the work area. You can select either a premade workspace
or a custom workspace that you have previously saved.
Choose Window > Workspace, followed by the name of the workspace you want, or choose Window > Workspace,
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followed by one of the following commands:
Displays just the content area of Bridge, so that you can concentrate on viewing the files.
Lightbox
Displays the content area in Thumbnails view, along with the Favorites panel and Folder panel.
File Navigator
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
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
Choose Window > Workspace, followed by one of these commands:
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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.
Deletes the saved workspace. If you choose this command, choose the workspace from the menu,
Delete Workspace
and click Delete.
Reset To Default Workspace
Files and folders in Bridge
To view file and folder thumbnails in Bridge
The content area of Bridge displays thumbnails of the files and folders of the selected folder, along with information
about them. You can specify how you want files and folders to be displayed in the content area.
Do any of the following:
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Drag the Thumbnail slider
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Choose View > As Thumbnails to display items in a grid.
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Choose View > As Filmstrip to display thumbnails in a scrolling list along with an extra-large thumbnail of the
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currently selected item. Click the Back button or Forward button directly below the extra-large thumbnail to go
to the previous or next thumbnail. Click the Switch Filmstrip Orientation button
slide show to a vertical one. Note that you can page through a PDF preview in Filmstrip view.
Choose View > As Details to display a scrollable list of thumbnails along with information about the selected file.
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Choose View > Show Thumbnail Only to view thumbnails without any text information listed.
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Choose View > Slide Show to view thumbnails as a slide show that takes over the entire screen. This is a quick and
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easy way to display and work with large versions of all the graphics files in a folder. Instructions on how to use the
slide show are displayed on the screen when you choose this command.
Restores the workspace to the default configuration.
at the bottom of the Bridge window to adjust the size of thumbnails.
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