Adobe Premiere Elements 7 Classroom in a Book

28 LESSON 2 Getting Ready to Edit

Customizing the workspace

Adobe Premiere Elements uses a docking system to fi t all the panels into the avail-

able space of the application window. However, panels can be moved and resized

so that you can create a workspace that best fi ts your needs.

With Adobe Premiere Elements open, notice that the Monitor panel, the Tasks

panel, and the My Project panel are separated by solid vertical and horizontal divid-

ing lines.  ese dividers can be quickly repositioned to give you more space to work

in one of the panels when you need it.

1 To increase the height of the My Project panel, hover your pointer over the

dividing line between the My Project and Monitor panels until it converts to a

two-headed cursor and then drag it up toward the Monitor panel.

You can use a similar technique to expand the size of the Monitor panel by

dragging it to the right, or expand the Tasks panel by dragging it to the left.

2 To reset the panels to their default layout, choose Window > Restore

Workspace. Notice how everything snaps back to its original position. Consider

restoring your workspace if you fi nd your screen becomes cluttered.

To save some space on your screen, the docking headers of the panels, which

contain title and sometimes palette menu and Close buttons, are hidden by

default in Adobe Premiere Elements.

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3 To show the docking headers, choose Window > Show Docking Headers. To

hide them again, choose Window > Hide Docking Headers.

While the default workspace layout has every panel docked into a specifi c

position, you may fi nd it helpful from time to time to have a more fl exible

environment. To do this, you can undock, or fl oat, your panels.

4 If the docking headers are not currently visible, choose Window > Show

Docking Headers.  en, click the docking header of the My Project panel and

drag it a short distance in any direction. As you drag the header, the panel

becomes translucent. When you release the pointer, the My Project panel

becomes a fl oating window, allowing the Monitor panel and the Tasks panel to

expand toward the bottom of the main window.

5 Close the My Project panel by clicking its Close button ( ) in the upper-right

corner.

6 Reopen the panel by choosing Window > My Project. Notice that the panel

opens where you have previously placed it.  is is because Adobe Premiere

Elements remembers the locations of the panels, and retains them as part of the

customized workspace.

7 Choose Window > Restore Workspace to return to the default workspace

layout.

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Note: To learn more about customizing your workspace, choose Help > Adobe Premiere

Elements Help, and then search for “Customizing the workspace“ in the Adobe Help Center window.

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Note: The Tasks

panel is the only

panel that cannot be

undocked.

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Note: The Tasks

panel is the only panel

that cannot be closed.

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Tip: When you work

with multiple monitors,

you can choose to

display the application

window on the main

monitor and place

fl oating windows on the

second monitor.