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It may not seem like we have covered very much so far, but you may be surprised at what you've learned. Let's review what we have studied in Lesson 1.
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You learned how to find hidden menus and tools when you see a small arrow on a menu, palette, or tool button.
You learned how to identify many of the most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.
You learned how to take advantage of tool tips and hints in the status bar area.
You learned how to open a file.
You learned how to change the foreground and background colors, swap colors, and reset colors to defaults.
You learned how to change screen mode, as well as hide and show the toolbar, palettes, and menu bar.
You learned how to move, arrange, group, hide and show the palettes.
You learned how to access additional palette options through the palette menu.
You learned several ways to zoom in and out of documents.
Let's review each of the keyboard shortcuts and commands we've discussed so far:
Zoom shortcuts:
- No modifier key = click to zoom in; click and drag to zoom into a specific area
- Ctrl- /Cmd- (plus sign) = zoom in
- Double click the Zoom tool = zoom to 100% magnification
- Ctrl-Alt-0/Cmd-Option-0 = zoom to 100% magnification
- Double click the Hand tool = zoom to fit the screen
- Ctrl-0/Cmd-0 = zoom to fit the screen
- Alt/Option with zoom tool = click to zoom out
- Ctrl--/Cmd-- (minus sign) = zoom out
- Type any number into the status bar magnifation level display.
Opening a File:
- File > Open
- Ctrl-O/Cmd-O
- Double click the application background (Windows Only)
Screen Mode and Display:
- F = toggles screen modes
- Shift-F = Turns menu bar on and off in full screen modes
- Tab = toggles the toolbox, status bar, and palettes on and off
- Shift-Tab = toggle only the palettes on and off
Palettes:
- Enter or Return = Show/Hide Options Palette (V5.x only)
- Double click tool button = Show/Hide Options Palette (V5.x only)
- F5 = Show/Hide Brushes Palette
- F6 = Show/Hide Color Palette
- F7 = Show/Hide Layers Palette
- F8 = Show/Hide Info Palette
- F9 = Show/Hide Actions Palette
Other Shortcuts:
- D = resets the foreground color to black and background color to white.
- X = swap foreground and background colors.
- M = marquee tool
- Shift-M = toggle rectangular and elliptical marquee tools
Now you're ready to take the Quiz!
