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Personalizing My Workspace

PhotoImpact gives you the flexibility to customize the workspace to suit your needs. Its toolbars and panels can be floated or docked to the workspace. The Standard Toolbar can be customized to include only icons of the tools that you commonly use. Read the following sections for more information.


Setting Preferences

Select File: Preferences or press [F6] to set various options specific to PhotoImpact and to customize the way the program works. The Category section in the Preferences dialog box contains all the different aspects that determine the program's performance. Clicking a category displays the options with their respective settings or attributes.


Floating and docking toolbars and panels

In the PhotoImpact interface, you can freely drag floating toolbars and panels around the workspace or dock them to the sides of the workspace.

The Standard Toolbar can be docked either to the top or bottom, or the left or right side of the program window while the Toolbox can be docked to the left and right side. The Attribute Toolbar can be docked either to the top or bottom. To dock a toolbar from the Toolbox, such as the Selection Tools or Retouch Tools, click on the title bar of the toolbar then drag it to any side of the workspace.

When docking a panel, 8 directional keys are shown for fast, easy and accurate docking. Drag and drop the panel to a directional (target) key to complete docking. To resize the panel, drag its borders with your mouse.

Multiple panels can be docked in the same group. Click Show/Hide Panels to expand or collapse a single panel or grouped panels.

    NOTE: The docking mechanism can be toggled on/off in File: Preferences - Docking.

Using the Customize dialog box

Selecting My Workspace: Customize opens the Customize dialog box for options on your preferred PhotoImpact interface.

My Workspace: Customize

    Profiles tab lets you to save, import, export and manage the user profiles for PhotoImpact. Save your profiles for later use, or import/export profiles for back-up or sharing.

    Toolbars tab lets you show or hide existing toolbars and create new ones for frequently-used tools.

    Commands tab has categories and lists of commands/tasks available in PhotoImpact. You can select a command icon and drag it directly to a menu or toolbar, or drag a unwanted icon from a toolbar to anywhere within the dialog box.

    Toolbox tab lets you drag a tool to add to an existing toolbar, or drag from a toolbar and drop anywhere in the dialog box to remove it.

    EasyPalette tab lets you set the order of Galleries and Libraries you can show or hide in the EasyPalette.

    Options tab gives you other choices for using large buttons and the tooltips feature.

After adjusting the PhotoImpact interface to your own preferences, you can save your profile in the Profiles tab. This adds your profile to the mode choices in the My Workspace menu.
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