Common Problems using Paint Shop Pro X

1. My tool bar disappeared. 
The tool bar is the vertical bar of tools on the left of the Paint Shop Pro window.  If it disappears, just select View => ToolBars => Tools.  (To show all possible toolbars, palettes, and menus, hold down Ctrl Shift and T on the keyboard. Then you can close the ones you don't want)

2. My browser palette disappeared. 
The browser palette is the panel at the bottom of the window that shows folders and thumbnails.  Select View => Palettes => Browser.   If the Browser palette is visible but does not show the little thumbnail pictures in the right-hand panel or the folders in the left-hand panel, it may be because the divider between the two panels is missplaced. Move the mouse pointer over edges of the browse window until it changes into , then drag left or right to move the divider line so that both panels are visible.

3. My tool options palette disappeared.
The tool options palette is the horizontal bar across the top of the picture area that has the controls for changing tool size, etc.  It changes every time you select a different tool.   If it disappears, just select View => Palettes => Tool Options.  

4. Once I am finished with a tool, how do I get rid of it?
Click on the Pan tool  - the first tool at the top of the ToolBar (looks like a hand).

5. I selected a tool or a menu selection, but nothing happens when I apply it to an image.
It may be that you have inadvertently selected a small region of your image, and the changes are being applied only to that region.  To cure this, pull down Selections => Select None. 

6. How do I get the Materials palette for selecting colors?
Select View => Palettes => Materials.

7. The close box  in the upper right-hand corner of my picture disappeared.
This is caused by maximizing the picture window.  To cure this, click on the little black Restore button  (two overlapping squares) in the upper right of the window, under the blue X Close button.

8. How can I make my browser palette bigger, to show more thumbnails?
Drag the divider line between the main window and the browser palette. 

9. How do I get back to the original Example Pictures used in the Practice Tasks?
Put the "Improve your Image" CD-ROM in the computer's CD-ROM drive (label side up). In the folder list (left-hand panel) of the browser palette, scroll down to the CD (little icon that looks like a CD disk), double-click on it to open it, and click on the Example Pictures folder.

10. I thought I had a picture open but now I can't see it.  Where'd it go?
Pull down File => Recent Files. This lists all the recently opened images.  Simply select one of the images to make it active (topmost).       

 (c) Tom O'Haver (toh@umd.edu), February 2006