
PHOTOSHOP CS3
User Guide
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Use a tool
❖ Do one of the following:
• Click a tool in the Tools palette. If there is a small triangle at a tool’s lower right corner, hold down the mouse
button to view the hidden tools. Then click the tool you want to select.
• Press the tool’s keyboard shortcut. The keyboard shortcut is displayed in its tool tip. For example, you can select
the Move tool by pressing the V key.
Using the selecting tools
A. Tools palette B. Active tool C. Hidden tools D. Tool name E. Tool shortcut F. Hidden tool triangle
Cycle through hidden tools
You can select a preference that allows you to cycle through a set of hidden tools by holding down the Shift key. When
this preference is not selected, you can cycle through a set of hidden tools by pressing the tool’s shortcut key (without
holding down Shift).
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (Mac OS).
2 Select Use Shift Key For Tool Switch.
Change tool pointers
Each default pointer has a different hotspot, where an effect or action in the image begins. With most tools, you can
switch to precise cursors, which appear as cross hairs centered around the hotspot.
Inmostcases,thepointerforatoolisthesameastheiconforthattool;youseethatpointerwhenyouselectthetool.
The default pointer for the marquee tools is the cross-hair pointer ; for the text tool, the default pointer is the
I-beam ; and for the painting tools the default pointer is the Brush Size icon.
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Cursors (Windows) or choose Photoshop > Preferences > Cursors (Mac OS).
2 Choose tool pointer settings under Painting Cursors or Other Cursors:
Standard Displays pointers as tool icons.
The Zoom tool magnifies
and reduces the view of an
image.
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