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Customizing Your Workspace in Paint Shop Pro X - Part One

From Arizona Kate, Guest Contributor, for About.com

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The Four Most Often Used Toolbars

PSP X, the 4 default toolbars
When you first open PSP X, the four toolbars shown here are displayed by default. These contain common commands and image data. They are:

Menu Bar: This is the text menu just below the top PSP title bar. The Menu Bar stays visible and cannot be hidden but can be customized.

Standard Bar: Located below the Menu Bar. The Standard Bar contains buttons for the most common commands, such as open, save, undo and redo. Adding a few buttons for other often used commands can be very handy.

Status Bar: Located at the very bottom of your workspace. The Status Bar contains a lot of very useful data. When you hover pointer over a tool, a tool tip will appear in the Status Bar. Current information about image size, cursor position and colors is shown on the right side of the Status Bar. This toolbar cannot be customized or moved but it can be hidden.

Tool Bar: These are the tools for painting, drawing and other image-editing tasks. By default this toolbar is the vertical column of buttons located on the left side of the image area. This toolbar can be customized, moved or hidden. Tools with small arrows next to them have additional tools which appear in a fly-out menu when you click the arrow. Selecting a Tool button will cause its corresponding Tool Options palette to appear above the image area. If the Learning Center is open, it will display tips for the selected tool.

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