Customizing the Tools panel

The Tools panel can be docked or floating, on show or hidden, depending on your preference.

The Tools panel can be customized to fit your individual way of working. By removing tools, you can slim down the Tools panel and add available tools when needed.

To dock/undock the Tools panel:
To show/hide the Tools panel:
To remove/or add a tool:
  1. From the View menu, select Customize Tools.
  2. Drag a tool icon from the Tools panel into the pop-up menu, or vice versa.
  3. Click Close.
To save your Tools panel arrangement as a preset:

For future selection, the named preset you save will be shown in the same sub-menu as the above command.

To load a Studio preset:
  1. From the View menu, click Studio Presets, then select Manage Studio Presets.
  2. Select a preset from the list, then choose Load.
To manage Studio presets:
  1. From the View menu, click Studio Presets, then select Manage Studio Presets.
  2. Select a preset from the list, then choose Rename or Delete.
To reset the Tools panel:
  1. From the View menu, select Customize Tools.
  2. From the pop-up menu, click Reset.

The Tools panel is reset back to its default.

To set the number of columns on the Tools panel:
  1. From the View menu, select Customize Tools.
  2. From the pop-up menu, select from the Number of Columns menu.

If the number of columns is two or more, the Tools panel will also display color selectors. These are similar to those which appear on the Color panel and Swatches panel.

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