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Last updated 11/30/2015
Painter (Grid view only) Lets you apply keywords and other attributes quickly by dragging the Painter tool across
photos.
Sorting (not available in Compare view) Specifies the sort direction or sorting criteria for displaying the photo
thumbnails.
Flagging Assigns, removes, and displays a Pick or Rejected flag for selected photos.
Rating Assigns, removes, and displays rating stars for selected photos.
Color Label Assigns, removes, and displays color labels for selected photos.
Rotate Rotates selected photos clockwise or counterclockwise.
Navigate Selects the previous or next image.
Slideshow Plays an impromptu slide show of the photos.
Thumbnail Size (Grid view only) Sets the size of the photo thumbnails.
Zoom (Loupe view only) Zooms the view in or out.
Info Displays the filename of the selected photo.
Compare (Compare view only) Displays options for zooming, swapping, and selecting compared photos.
Label (Survey view only) Displays Survey view label.
2 (Optional) Choose a selected item in the toolbar pop-up menu to remove the control from the toolbar.
Show or hide the toolbar
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Choose View > Show/Hide Toolbar or press the T key to toggle the toolbar on or off.
Change toolbar icons
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On the right side of the toolbar, click the menu and select or deselect items to display in the toolbar.
Set preferences for working in Lightroom
You can set preferences to change the Lightroom user interface.
IMPORTANT: If you reset your preferences without noting your current catalog name and location, it can appear that
your catalog has disappeared when you restart Lightroom. Before you reset your preferences, refer to this Recover
catalog and images after resetting preferences, which contains steps to avoid this confusion.
Open the Preferences dialog box
• On Windows, choose Edit > Preferences.
• On Mac OS, choose Lightroom > Preferences.
Restore preferences to default settings
1 Navigate to the following location:
Mac OS /Users/[user name]/Library/Preferences/
Windows 7 and 8 Users\[user name]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Lightroom\Preferences\