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Customizing Your Workspace in Paint Shop Pro X - Part One

From Arizona Kate, Guest Contributor, About.com Guest

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PSP X default workspace
Paint Shop Pro offers a number of toolbars and palettes for drawing and photo editing. The image above shows the workspace as it appears when you open Paint Shop Pro X for the first time. Only a few of the toolbars and palettes are visible in this 'default' view. 'Default' means the program's pre-set choices. Many people choose to work with the default workspace, however, as you become familiar with PSP, you may find it convenient to add more of the other toolbars and palettes to your workspace or to create your own custom toolbars. In this multi-part tutorial we'll show you how to customize the PSP X workspace. It's very easy to do and well worth the time.

Your workspace can be customized by adding/removing buttons, by floating or moving toolbars and palettes, by using AutoHide, by animating menus, and by setting other options.

  • Toolbars contain commands which are 'shortcut' buttons for the same commands found in the text menus. You can also create your own 'custom' toolbars for specific projects.

  • Palettes contain information about your image: layers, settings, color, and more.

In this first part of 'Customizing Your Workspace', we'll concentrate on customizing Toolbars. This tutorial was written specifically for PSP version X (10). Toolbars in other versions can also be customized. This tutorial was also written with first time users of Paint Shop Pro in mind.

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