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To work with palettes in the Editor

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0 25 User Guide Palette menus Some commands appear in both the palette menu and the menu bar. Other commands are exclusive to palette menus. Only those palettes with a More button at the top have a menu. Click More to choose a command from the palette menu. The location and appearance of the More button depend on whether the palette is located in the Palette Bin or in a palette group. Pop-up sliders within palettes Some palettes and dialog boxes contain settings that use pop-up sliders (for example, the Opacity option in the Layers palette). If there is a triangle next to the text box, you can activate the pop-up slider by clicking the triangle. Position the pointer over the triangle next to the setting, hold down the mouse button, and drag the slider or angle radius to the desired value. Click outside the slider box or press to close the slider box. To cancel changes, press Esc. To increase or decrease values in 10% increments when the pop-up slider box is open, hold down Shift and press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key. AB C D E F GH Different ways to enter values A. Dial B. Click to open window C. Text box D. Menu arrow E. Scrubby slider F. Check box G. Slider H. Pop-up slider triangle To work with palettes in the Editor The Palette Bin in Standard Edit lets you store multiple palettes in a single area that you can easily configure, close, or keep open for easy and fast access. By default, the Palette Bin appears on the right side of the workspace.

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 4.0
User Guide
25
Palette menus
Some commands appear in both the palette menu and the menu bar. Other commands are exclusive to palette
menus.
Only those palettes with a More button at the top have a menu. Click More to choose a command from the palette
menu. The location and appearance of the More button depend on whether the palette is located in the Palette Bin
or in a palette group.
Pop-up sliders within palettes
Some palettes and dialog boxes contain settings that use pop-up sliders (for example, the Opacity option in the
Layers palette). If there is a triangle next to the text box, you can activate the pop-up slider by clicking the triangle.
Position the pointer over the triangle next to the setting, hold down the mouse button, and drag the slider or angle
radius to the desired value. Click outside the slider box or press to close the slider box. To cancel changes, press Esc.
To increase or decrease values in 10% increments when the pop-up slider box is open, hold down Shift and press the
Up Arrow or Down Arrow key.
Different ways to enter values
A.
Dial
B.
Click to open window
C.
Text box
D.
Menu arrow
E.
Scrubby slider
F.
Check box
G.
Slider
H.
Pop-up slider triangle
To work with palettes in the Editor
The Palette Bin in Standard Edit lets you store multiple palettes in a single area that you can easily configure, close,
or keep open for easy and fast access. By default, the Palette Bin appears on the right side of the workspace.
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