Customizing a Palette and Using the Palette Well

Now let me show you some ways you can customize the workspace. I find that I rarely use the Color or Swatches palette, so I like to drag those into the palette well and keep them there. Go ahead and do this now.

That leaves the Styles palette all by itself. I like this palette large, with large thumbnails, but I don't want it taking up all that screen space. Here's how to customize it:

1. Click the title tab for the Styles palette and move it away from the other floating palettes.
2. Next open the styles palette menu and choose "Large Thumbnail" from the menu.
3. Now drag the lower right corner of the palette down and right so that you can see 5 columns and four rows of thumbnails.
4. Finally, drag the Styles palette up into the palette well, or choose "Dock to Palette Well" from the palette menu so it doesn't use screen space.

Now when you click on the styles palette from the palette well, you'll see that it opens quite large, but quickly tucks away when you click away from it.