Common Problems using Paint Shop Pro Studio
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 right-click on the gray area of the menu bar and select ToolBars --> Tools.  To get back all of your original toolbars, palettes, and menus, hold down Ctrl Shift and T on the keyboard.

2. My browse window disappeared. 

First, pull down the Window menu and select Browse. If Browse is not in the Window menu, then select  File --> Browse. If the Browse window is visible but does not show the little thumbnail pictures in the right-hand panel or the browser tree 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 that has the controls for changing tool size, etc.  It changes every time you select a different tool.   If it disappears, just press F4, OR right-click on the gray area of the menu bar and select Palette --> Tool Options.  To get back all of your original toolbars, palettes, and menus in one step, hold down Ctrl Shift and T on the keyboard.

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?

Press F6, OR right-click on the gray area of the menu bar and select Palette --> Materials.

7. My pictures are surrounded by a cross-hatch pattern that hogs the whole window area, obscuring the other open images.

This is caused by maximizing the Browse window.  To cure this, select Windows --> Browse, then click on the gray Restore button (two overlapping squares) in the upper right, under the red X close button.

8. How can I make my Browse window bigger without using the Maximize button?

Stretch it using the lower right corner (cursor changes into a diagonal double-headed arrow) and slide it with the blue title bar.

9. How do I get back to the Example Pictures used in the Practice Tasks?

You must put the "Improve your Image" CD-ROM in the computer's CD-ROM drive (label side up). Select  File --> Browse.... In the left-hand panel of the Browse window, 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?

It may simply be hidden by an overlapping window. Pull down the Windows menu. It lists all the open images and windows.  Simply select one of the images to make it active (topmost).                                                            
 (c) Tom O'Haver (to2@umail.umd.edu), February 2005