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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2

User Guide

Macintosh Thumbnail Displays the preview in the Open dialog box.

Windows Thumbnail Saves a preview that Windows systems can display.

To set the History Log preferences

By default, history log data about each session is saved as metadata embedded in the image file. You can specify where

the history log data is saved and the level of detail contained in the history log.

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > General (Windows) or Photoshop > Preferences > General (Mac OS).

2 Specify where to save the history log data:

Metadata Saves the history log as metadata embedded in the file.

Text File Saves the history log to a text file. Select Text File. In the Save dialog box, browse to the destination, give

the text file a name, and click Save.

Both Saves the history log as metadata and in a text file. Select Both. In the Save dialog box, browse to the desti-

nation, give the text file a name and click the Save button.

3 Choose from the Edit Log Items menu to specify the level of detail in the history log:

Sessions Only Records the start time and date of every editing session. Does not include any information about

edits made to the file.

Concise Records every editing session on the file (both start and end times), and also includes edits recorded in the

History palette.

Detailed Recordsthe same informationasthe Conciseoption, plus such informationasthe path of thefileand an

account of every edit made to the file (including detailed edits not recorded in the History palette, such as preference

changes).