To select a different Palette in the Palette set, {Click} the Palette Tab to activate it.  For example, by default the History Palette  is displayed in the third Palette set; if you {Click} the Actions  Tab, the Actions Palette is displayed.

The function of each Palette is explained as you progress through the book and use each of Photoshop ’s tools to create content.

Palettes come in Palette sets, where multiple Palettes are docked together.  To undock a Palette from a Palette set, {Click} the Palette Tab, hold, and drag the Palette away from the Palette set.  For example, you could drag the Stroke Palette from the first Palette set.

Dragging the Actions  Palette by the Palette Tab out of the Palette causes the Actions Palette to become a Palette itself.

You can dock a Palette into a Palette set by dragging it into the Palette set.  For example, if you wish, you could make a single Palette set with each of the standard Palettes inside it.

Each of the default Palettes is placed in a single Palette set. Currently, the Actions  Palette is selected.

To restore the default Palette layout, select Window/Reset Palette Locations.  The default layout of four Palette sets will be restored.

If you’d prefer to start each Photoshop  session with the various Palettes in their default positions then you’ll have to indicate this in the Preferences  dialog box.  Select Edit/Preferences and remove the check from the Save Palette Locations checkbox.  With the box checked, Photoshop will start each new session with the Palettes in the position that they were in at the close of the last session.

We’ll take a closer look at the various options in the Preferences  dialog box later in the manual.  We’ll be using the default layout throughout this book.

You can also resize various panels.  For example, the Swatches  Palette can be used at the default size, or, you can drag any of the corners or sides of the Palette window to increase or decrease the size.