Run Photoshop Elements. You will see this work area*. Look around. You can see traditional pull-down menu at the top and a few palette windows located all over the main window. Now we have to learn how to customize our workspace. With the potential of using many tools on a single project, it becomes a requirement to know how to move, resize, hide and display palettes.

*Attention! This tutorial was composed for Photoshop Elements 1.0 and 2.0. Instruction for Photoshop Elements 3.0 available here.