Photoshop Elements 4: The Missing Manual

Edit Menu

This menu contains choices that let you make changes to your files. It's also where you can access your Elements preferences to change their settings.

Undo

You can back out of your last action by selecting Undo or by pressing Ctrl+Z. You can keep applying this command to undo as many steps as you've set in the Undo History palette preferences (Edit → Preferences → General → History States).

Redo

If you undo something and then change your mind again, redo it here or press Ctrl+Y.

Revert

Choose this command to return your image to the state it was in the last time you saved it.

Cut

To remove something from your image and store it on the Clipboard (so that you can paste it into another file), choose this or press Ctrl+X.

Copy

To copy something to the Clipboard, highlight it and select this menu item or press Ctrl+C. This command copies only the top layer in a file with layers. To copy all the layers in your selected area, use Copy Merged instead.

Copy Merged

This copies all the layers in the selected area to the Clipboard. You an also press Shift+Ctrl+C.

Paste

Use this command or press Ctrl+V to add whatever you have cut or copied into an image.

Paste Into Selection

This is a special command for pasting something within the confines of an existing selection. See Section 5.2 for more on how this command works. Choose Paste Into Selection here or by pressing Shift+Ctrl+V.

Delete

This command removes what you've selected without copying it to the Clipboard—it's just gone. You can also ...