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The Edit Menu

In the Edit Menu, there are the following submenus:

1) Undo : Shortcut = Ctrl+Z :this option will take you one step backward to the last application that you created. 2) Step Forward : Shortcut = Shift+Ctrl+Z : This option will step forward in the history of the applications that you have done to your documents. It works as the Redo option in other programs. 3) Step Backward : Shortcut = Alt+Ctrl+Z : This option will step backward in the history of the applications that you have done to your documents. 4) Fade : Shortcut = Shift+Ctrl+F : to make changes to the last filter or effect you applied to your image,with the ability to maintain the control over the opacity and blend mode. 5) Cut : Shortcut = Ctrl+X : This works as the ordinary cut option, it could cut text, shapes, paths, selection, ect. 6) Copy : Shortcut = Ctrl+C : This works as the ordinary copy option, it could copy text, shapes, paths, selection, ect. 7) Copy Merged : Shortcut = Shift+Ctrl+C : when you have multiple layers and you want to make a copy of all the layers but have them merged into one layer. 8) Paste: Shortcut = Ctrl+V : This works as the ordinary paste option, it could paste text, shapes, paths, selection, ect. 9) Paste Into: Shortcut = Shift+Ctrl+V : This option would paste something inside a selection. 10) Clear : this works as the delete option. 11) Check Spelling : Spell Checking the text that you create with the type tools in Photoshop. 12) Find and Replace Text: This would find the words that you define and replace them by others (that you also define) from the text available in your document. 13) Fill: Shortcut = Shift+F5 : Fill is for the area inside a selection, and this option you can fill it with a color or a pattern. 14) Stroke : is for the outline of the selection, which through this option you can change the outline (stroke) color. 15) Free Transform : Shortcut = Ctrl+T

16) Transform

17) Auto-Align Layers new in Cs3 Please visit it's own page here 18) Auto-Blend Layers new in Cs3 Please visit it's own page here 19) Define Brush Preset : This would make the selected area defined as a new brush into your Photoshop program. 20) Define Pattern : This would make the selected area defined as a new pattern into your Photoshop program. 21) Define Custom Shape: This would make the selected area defined as a new shape into your Photoshop program. 22) Purge:

it allows us to free up the memory that's being used by the Undo command, the Clipboard, the History palette, or all three at once. it has its own Sub-menu that contains the following : Undo, Clipboard, Histories, All

23) Adobe PDF Presets : To know more about The Adobe PDF presets, please click here

24) Preset Manager : To know more about Preset Manager please click here

25) Color Settings: Shortcut = Shift+Ctrl+K : Please visit the color settings own page

26) Assign Profile : To know more about The Assign Profile option, please click here

27) Convert to Profile : To know more about The Convert to Profile option, please click here

28) Keyboard to Shortcuts : Shortcut = Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K :

29) Menus: Shortcut = Alt+Shift+Ctrl+M : to know more about the Menus option, please visit it's own page here

30) Preferences: To know more about Preferences please click here

it has its own sub-menu that contains the following: General, Interface, File Handling, Performance, Cursors, Transparency& Gamut, Units& Rulers, Guides, Grid, Slices& count, Plug-Ins, Type.