View Menu

Screenshot of the View menu

The View menu

The View menu offers options for setting up the interface in whatever way the user would like. The list below shows how they appear in the menu, along with a brief description of each item.

Command or Option

What it Does

Zoom (I guessed where Zoom will be in the manual.)

Reveals a dropdown menu offering many different options for zooming the window

Orientation (I guessed where Orientation will appear in the manual.)

Reveals a dropdown menu offering several options for how the window is displayed

Display Mode

Reveals a dropdown menu offering five display modes to choose from

Split Mode (guessed about the manual location)

Reveals a dropdown menu offering three choices for splitting the canvas into two sections

Gray Scale

Enables or disables Gray Scale mode

Color Management

Enables or disables Color Management mode

Page Grid

Toggles the visibility of grids

Guides

Toggles the visibility of guides

Show/Hide (guessed manual location)

Reveals a dropdown menu where users can choose which parts of the interface they would like to show or hide

Show/Hide Dialogs (guessed manual location)

Toggles whether all dialogs will temporarily be shown or hidden

Command Palette

Displays the command palette

Swatches…

Opens the Swatches dialog

Messages… (not sure the manual location - not even a guess)

Opens the Messages dialog (for developers)

Previous Window (not sure the manual location - Interface > Canvas?)

Opens the previously opened window, if more than one window is open (does not apply to tabs)

Next Window (not sure the manual location - Interface > Canvas?)

Opens the next window, if more than one window is open (does not apply to tabs)

Icon Preview (not sure where this will be in the manual)

Opens the Icon Preview dialog

Duplicate Window (not sure where this will be in the manual)

Opens the same document in another window

Full Screen

Toggles Full Screen mode

Wide Screen (not sure where this will be in the manual)

Places the commands bar along the right side of the window

Todo

For all the items above where I wrote “I guessed….” or “not sure….”, we need to decide where these items will be covered in the manual, and correct the links, if I guessed wrong. Don’t forget to delete my comments, after the items are fixed.

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