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Photoshop CS4: Screen Modes

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The F key toggles you between:

Full Image with Rulers
Full Image with Top Menu, side Panels and Toolbar
Standard Set-up

Shift-F also takes you to Full Screen Mode with Rulers.

Shift-Tab toggles your right Panels on and off.

The Screen Mode Button is in the upper Application Menu Bar (see below):

Photoshop CS4 Screen Mode Button

The Screen Mode Button gives you three options (see below):

Photoshop CS4 Screen Mode Button Options

1. Standard Screen Mode allows you to see the Tabs and Scroll Bars of your open Image files.
2. Full Screen With Menu Bar hides the Tabs and Scroll Bars of your open Images.
3. Full Screen Mode wipes out everything except your Image and Rulers.

Full Screen Mode also gives you an Alert Message (until you turn it off) that tells you that your Panels can accessed by pressing Tab and you can return to Standard Screen Mode by pressing the F key or Esc (see below):

Photoshop CS4 Full Scrren Mode Warning

When in Full Screen Mode:

Tab toggles you between Full Image – and – Full Image with Top Menu and Panels.
Command-Tilde (⌘~) cycles you between Images.
• You can still work inside the Image if you know your Keyboard Shortcuts.
• You can return to Standard Screen Mode by pressing the F key or Esc.

Float All in Windows is also a choice under the Arrange Documents button in the upper Application Menu Bar (see below):

Photoshop CS4 Arrange Documents Button

Arrange Documents button choices (see below):

Photoshop CS4 Arrange Documents Button Choices

To return to normal after choosing Float All in Windows, go back to the Arrange Documents button in the upper Application Menu Bar and choose Consolidate All (see below):

Photoshop CS4 Consolidate All

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