The function of each tool on the toolbar and Tool palette is described at the bo ttom of the Paint Shop

Pro window whenever the cursor is over the tool. Use the Browser to view image files in a folder before opening them. If you have internet access, you can connect directly to the Jasc web site by ch oosing it from the Help menu. The new Save Copy As command remembers the last used directory and file format. You can display rulers and a grid by choosing them from the View menu. Press the <Shift> + <Ctrl> + <T> keys to center all the floating palettes. To find out what a tool is, hold your cursor over the tool and a ToolTip will ap pear. You can open images by dragging their thumbnails from the Browser to the workspa ce. Press the <Tab> key to hide and/or view all the floating palettes. Press <C> to display and hide the Color palette. You can open a new window at a smaller zoom factor to see a "thumbnail" view whe n editing details of an image. Press <L> to display and hide the Layer palette. By choosing File>Preferences>Customize Toolbar, you can customize the toolbar to show only the buttons you want in whatever order you like. Transparent areas show a checkered background. To change the colors of the chec kerboard, go to File, Preferences, Transparency. To move a marquee without the selection, right click and drag with the Mover too l. Press <T> to display and hide the toolbar. If you often save to the same directory or file type, use File, Save Copy As. You can drag and drop layers from the layer palette onto a document to copy laye rs between documents. Press <H> to display and hide the histogram. You can perform more than one screen capture at a time before returning to the P aint Shop Pro window. Choose Setup from the Capture menu and select the Multipl e Captures check box. Press <P> to display and hide the Tool palette. When using the Color Replacer tool, you can instantly replace all areas of the c olor in the image by double-clicking with the mouse. Press <O> to display and hide the Control palette. Paint Shop Pro supports WinTab compliant pressure sensitive drawing tablets. Set its options on the Cursors and Tablet tab of the General Program Preferences di alog box. To nudge a selection one pixel at a time, hold down the <Shift> key while pressi ng the keyboard arrows. The palette transparency options are now located under the Colors menu as Set Pa lette Transparency. To set a transparent background for a GIF file, choose Set Palette Transparency from the Colors menu. To see what parts of a GIF file are transparent, select Colors, View Palette Tra nsparency. After making a crop selection with the Crop tool, you may adjust the size by cli cking and dragging one of the edges. You can cut and paste frames between Animation Shop and Paint Shop Pro. You can press <Shift> while clicking the new layer button on the layer dialog to create a new layer without opening the Layer Properties dialog box. To prevent a toolbar or palette from docking when it is positioned near the edge of a window, hold down the <Ctrl> key while you move it. Paint Shop Pro supports multiple levels of undo. Enable it by choosing File>Pref erences>General Program Preferences>Undo. You can obtain information about your system by choosing About Paint Shop Pro fr om the Help menu, clicking the System Info button, and then scrolling through th e System Information window. You can drag and drop thumbnails from the browser into a document to insert new layers into a document.

The Save As command always defaults to the image's "native" format and directory . To save your current image as a Picture Tube, choose File>Export>Picture Tube. To activate a layer quickly, hold down the Control key and hit the layer number (0 - 9). The Expand command in the Selections menu enlarges the selection by a specific n umber of pixels while retaining its original shape. To edit an image's palette, choose Colors>Edit Palette. Use the Smart Edge tool to create a border between two areas of contrasting colo r or light. To change how color values are displayed in the Color Palette, choose File>Prefe rences>General Program Preferences>Dialogs and Palettes. The color values can be displayed as RGB or HSL, using either Decimal or Hexadecimal numbers. Selections can be saved with an image by saving them into alpha channels. You can select a portion of the current image and save it as a new custom brush tip. Multiple alpha channels can be saved in an image. You can draw Bezier curves using the Line tool. To create a mask from a selection easily, make your selection and then choose Ma sks>New>Hide or Show Selection. To gamma correct Paint Shop Pro to your monitor, choose File>Preferences>Monitor Gamma. The LZ77 compression option in the Paint Shop Pro file format is completely loss less and can significantly reduce the file size. This is the last tip. You can turn them off now.