Adobe Photoshop CS2 On Demand [Electronic resources]

Andy Anderson; Steve Johnson

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Creating a Customized User Interface

Photoshop's pull-down menus actually contain hundreds of options (yes, I did said hundreds). If you find navigating through menus a hassle, then Adobe has the answer to your problem with a customizable user interface. In Photoshop CS2, you have the ability to choose what menu items appear on the pull-down menus and even colorize certain menu items for easier visibility (). For example, if your curious about all the new features in Photoshop CS2, you can create a drop-down menu system with all the new features highlighted. Or, perhaps, you wish to create a menu system that highlights all the specific tools you're planning to use in a photo-restoration project. In fact, Photoshop includes several predefined user interface sets just to get you started in the right direction.

Use a Predefined User Interface

Click the

Window menu, and then point to

Workspace .

Click one of the predefined sets, such as: Automation, Web Design, or What's New in CS2.

A dialog box displays asking whether you want to apply the new changes

Click

Yes to apply the changes.

The Photoshop menus will now display with highlighted options based on your selection.

Did You Know?

You can restore menus to original settings. To restore all of the Photoshop menu settings to the original values, click the Window menu, and then click Reset Menus.

You can turn a text box into a slider. You can use any text box which displays a numerical value, such as font size, like a slider. Point to the text box, press and hold down the Ctrl key (which changes the cursor to a hand with arrows), and then move the mouse left to decrease or right to increase the displayed number.

Create a Customized User Interface

Click the

Window menu, point to

Workspace , and then click

Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus .

Click the

Menus tab.

To create a new set, based on the current active set, click the

Create New Set button, enter a name, and then click

Save .

Click the

Set list arrow, and then select a listing of modified User Interfaces.

Click the

Menu For list arrow and then click

Application Menus or

Palette Menus with the items you want to modify.

Click an arrow (left column) to expand the menu that contains the command you want to modify.

Click the

Visibility icon associated with a command to show or hide the command.

Click the

Color list arrow, and select a color for the selected command.

Click the

Save All Changes button to save the new customized User Interface.

Click

OK .

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Did You Know?

You can delete a user interface set. Click the Windows menu, point to Workspace, click Keyboard Shortcuts & Menus, click the Menus tab, click the Set list arrow, click the set you want, and then click the Delete button.