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Terrence Hoffman
Aug 1, 2003
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I have just started with Adobe Photoshop Elements and I need to know how to stop a tool from performing its function after I am done with it. I have not been able to locate procedure to deselect a tool.IE the eraser fuction will not go away unless I click on another tool and then I’m stuck with that one.
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Beth Haney
Aug 1, 2003
You’re not missing anything! There is no way to deselect a tool. Most of us just move back to something pretty innocuous, like the Rectangular Marquee tool – something that won’t do any "damage" if it gets hit accidentally. It’s a hard concept for some people to get used to, but – think about it – if you’re not using a tool, you’re using the menu anyway, so it makes no difference. 🙂
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Jodi Frye
Aug 1, 2003
Yup, i’m a marquee parker.
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Chuck Snyder
Aug 1, 2003
Jodi, I park on the brush tool myself – gotta live dangerously sometimes!

😉

Chuck
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Beth Haney
Aug 1, 2003
"Hi. My name is Beth, and I’m a Marquee parker."

I couldn’t resist! Sorry everybody! 🙂 I’m losing it!!!! I’ll leave!
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Jodi Frye
Aug 1, 2003
Beth, thank you for the ‘out loud laugh’…hub wonders about this forum sometimes…
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Chuck Snyder
Aug 2, 2003
Jodi – please – no last names here….

😉
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Jodi Frye
Aug 2, 2003
OOPs, forgot

Also, i probably should have said ‘ Addicted to Adobe ‘
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Jodi Frye
Aug 2, 2003
Anyone have stock in Adobe ? Found a site that’s going for $33 a share right now…sound good ?
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Chuck Snyder
Aug 2, 2003
Jodi, should have bought a year ago – see the attached:

http://www.quicken.com/investments/charts/?p=ADBE
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Jodi Frye
Aug 2, 2003
hmmmm, very interesting. I was thinking more along the lines of maybe buying one just for fun and holding on to it. I suspect Adobe will always have the ideas to stay on top. Then again, they haven’t hired me yet.
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Pete D
Aug 2, 2003
Chuck,

Go back another 6-8 months on ‘adobe’s chart and see the "peak". But that is all old news, today it is China.com and wave systems. WAVX
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Phosphor
Aug 2, 2003
buying one just for fun and holding on to it.

Check out oneshare.com. Dunno much about it, but I see their ads everywhere all the time: "Buy one share of your favorite company…" Probably costs as much as four or five through regular channels, but I’ve never investigated to find out for sure.
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Jodi Frye
Aug 2, 2003
Barb, funny, that’s the site i was looking at. There prices seem on target though it’s the ‘share fee’ of $39 that is a killer. Well, it comes framed ( free ) 😉
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jhjl1
Jul 27, 2004
The last used tool will always be active. I always select the hand tool or the zoom tool when I am finished with another tool so that no unintentional damage is done.

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I am new to Elements.
How to I stop a tool when I am finished using that tool? I can move to
another tool OK but when I have used my final tool and the photo is just as I want it to be the last tool used keeps running or should I say "stays selected".
I have searched the help section but stopping a tool once it is
selected is not mentioned.
PS: I think a small horizontal menu box showing the selected tool is
missing from my screen. I just have the vertical tool box on the left of my work area and the main menu at the top of my screen

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