Customizing the workspace, Customize the workspace – Adobe Illustrator CS3 User Manual
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ILLUSTRATOR CS3
User Guide
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Open and close a panel or dialog box from the Control panel
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Click a blue underlined word to open its associated panel or dialog box.
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Click anywhere outside of the panel or dialog box to close it.
Dock the Control panel at the bottom of the work area
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Choose Dock To Bottom from the Control panel menu.
Convert the Control panel to a floating panel
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Drag the gripper bar (located on the left edge of the panel) away from its current position.
To redock the Control panel, drag the gripper bar to the top or bottom of the application window (Windows) or
screen (Mac OS).
Customizing the workspace
Customize the workspace
To create a custom workspace, move and manipulate panels (called palettes in Photoshop and in Adobe Creative
Suite 2 components).
Narrow blue drop zone indicates Color panel will be docked on its own above Layers panel group.
A. Title bar B. Tab C. Drop zone
You can save custom workspaces and switch among them.
In Photoshop, you can change the font size of the text in the options bar, palettes, and tool tips. Choose a size from
the UI Font Size menu in General preferences.
Note: For a video on customizing the workspace in Illustrator, se
or a video on custom-
izing the workspace in InDesign, see
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Dock and undock panels
A dock is a collection of panels or panel groups displayed together, generally in a vertical orientation. You dock and
undock panels by moving them into and out of a dock.
Note: Docking is not the same as stacking. A stack is a collection of free-floating panels or panel groups, joined top to
bottom.
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To dock a panel, drag it by its tab into the dock, at the top, bottom, or in between other panels.
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To dock a panel group, drag it by its title bar (the solid empty bar above the tabs) into the dock.
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