Datasheet

Part I: Getting Started

Here are some considerations to help you remember shortcuts and find more

information about them:

 For common tasks, always take special note of ToolTips and com-

mands in a menu. ToolTips provide a description of what a tool does,

and they often display the keyboard shortcuts used to access the tools.

Menu commands that support keyboard shortcuts list the shortcut keys

to the right of command names.

 Look over all the tips and alternate methods for performing an action

that we describe throughout this book. As you are introduced to more

features in Elements, we try to offer you the keyboard shortcut options

as well as tools and commands. Instead of giving you a list here, we pro-

vide keyboard shortcuts when explaining a feature.

 Search the Help document. Open the Elements Help document (Help➪

Photoshop Elements Help or press F1) and search for keyboard shortcuts.

The Help document provides a comprehensive list of all the keyboard

shortcuts you can use in Elements.

 Stick with the essentials. Try to commit to memory only those short-

cuts that produce actions for your most common editing tasks.

The Cheat Sheet at the front of this book lists some common keyboard short-

cuts so that you can reference them quickly and easily.

Memorizing keyboard shortcuts is not critical to your work in Photoshop

Elements. You can do everything the program was designed for without ever

using a shortcut. However, when you become familiar with keyboard short-

cuts, you’ll find yourself zooming through editing sessions with much more

speed and efficiency. As a matter of fact, many advanced and professional

users often forget where a menu command is contained because they rely

so much on shortcut keys.

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