Microsoft Expression Design on Demand

Chapter 2. Working with Panels

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• View Controls in the Action Bar

• Show and Hide Panels

• Resize the Dock

• Float Panels

• Dock Panels

• Show and Hide Advanced Properties

• Reset the Active Workspace

• Select Tools

• Identify Tool Shortcuts with Tooltips

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Introduction

Like most software applications, the tools and controls in Expression Design are accessible through various panels. However, Expression Design is unique in that its interface contains only four panels. This is an extremely conservative interface structure and a welcome change in the world of creative software.

Two of the four panels in Expression Design are dynamic (the Action bar and Properties panel), which means that the controls they display are determined ...