Datasheet

Chapter 1: Getting to Know the Work Area

Using Bin Actions

A nice feature in Elements is the Bin Actions menu at the top of the Project

Bin. Click Bin Actions to start a new creation, share photos, print all the files

open in the Bin, and save the Bin files as an album.

To the left of the Bin Actions menu, you’ll find another feature for viewing

files in Elements. The Show Open Files (shown by default on Windows only)

is another drop-down menu that offers two options: the default option to show

open files and another choice to show files from the Organizer. Choose Show

Files from Organizer to add the files in your Organizer to the Project Bin.

Retracing Your Steps

Ever since Apple’s Macintosh brought a window-like interface to the masses,

the Undo command has been one of the most frequently used menu com-

mands in every program developed. You make a change to your document,

and if you don’t like it, you simply choose Edit➪Undo or press the keyboard

shortcut Ctrl+Z (Ô+Z on the Macintosh).

In Elements, your options to undo your work provide you much more than

reverting to the last view, as we explain in the following sections.

Using the Undo History panel

Elements takes the Undo command to new

levels by offering you a panel on which all (well,

almost all) your changes in an editing session are

recorded and available for undoing at any step in

an editing sequence.

Each edit you make is recorded on the Undo

History panel. To open the panel, choose

Window➪Undo History. Make changes to your

document, and each step is recorded on the

panel, as you see in Figure 1-17.

If Elements slows down and you’re moving along

at a snail’s pace, choose Edit➪Clear➪Undo

History or choose Clear Undo History from

the panel’s options menu. Elements flushes

all the recorded history and frees up some pre-

cious memory that often enables you to work

faster. You can also use Edit➪Clear Clipboard

or Edit➪Clear➪All to eliminate clipboard data

from memory.

Figure 1-17: The Undo History

panel.

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