Using the palette well

The palette well helps you organize and manage palettes. Palettes take up space in the work area; therefore, it's desirable to close them to the palette well when you're not using them.

Note: The shortcuts bar must be showing in order to use the palette well. Choose Window > Show Shortcuts to display the shortcuts bar.

To use a palette in the palette well:

Click the palette's tab. The palette remains open until you click outside it or click the palette's tab.

To store palettes in the palette well:

Drag the desired palette's tab into the palette well so that the palette well is highlighted.

To view information about a palette in the palette well:

1 Position the pointer over the palette's tab.

2 Look at the Hints palette to see a brief description of the palette. (See Using the Hints palette.)

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