I haven't found a way to organize my canvas and all of the tools and palettes without something seeming to be in the way. Could you direct me to a snapshot of your workspace so that I can see how you arrange everything as you are working. Most of the time when I am designing 12x12 papers I like to see the entire page. Sometimes the canvas is all the way in the top left of the workspace (which I prefer) and sometimes it is moved over a lot farther and I don't know how to move it back. So many questions from the newbie. Kelley

well, I dont' have a snapshot for you, but I can tell you that all my boxes (layers, styles, actions, channels) sit to the very right. They are collapsable to I just bring them up as needed. The layers pallete I keep open.

If you go to view and choose fit to screen (or is it window?) it will show the full canvas but at a size that does not take over the screen. I use PS CS with a 19 inch monitor. That really really helps.

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It does seem like something is always in the way. I almost always work zoomed in, so I'm only seeing part of my layout. I only zoom out when I want to get an overall feel of my page layout.

One thing I do alot that helps is to press the tab key, which temporarily hides all my palettes. Just hit the tab key again to bring them back when you need them.


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I like that tab key tip...thanks! I also recently purchased a 21 inch flat panel monitor from Dell...it's amazing and makes creating layouts so much easier to see!

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The tab key trick is AWESOME! Would love a 21" display but that's still a ways off.

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The tab key is one of my favorite tricks. If you hold down the shift key while you hit tab, the tool bar stays and just the palettes disappear. Also, you can have two windows open at the same time, one of your layout zoomed in and one of the entire layout. Any changes you make to one will be made on both. Click on Window>Document>New Window.

When you get your workspace setup the way you like it, click on Window>Work Space>Save workspace and give it a name. Most of the time when you open Photoshop it will be at this workspace, but if you've moved something or if it goes back to the default, click on Window>Workspace and your saved workspace and it will set it up the way you like it.

Bonnie

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I finally found an easy way to print my layouts! Yay me! Heritage Makers

I have two monitors, and WHAT a difference. I feel I could live in Photoshop now, and have room for my whole house and still scrap in there, LOL!

The Tab and Shift-Tab are great. I haven't heard the New Window thing, how cool! Is there a hotkey to switch windows in PS?
In Windows, it's Alt-Tab, and it just goes to the next open program like IE, Outlook, PS, etc. Wonder if I can the same inside PS?

thanks!

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