Gobe Productive User's Guide - Tear-Off Tools

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# Tear-Off Tools

Tear-off tool palettes are an alternative way to use some of the tools in the Gobe Productive suite. Many tools on the FormatBar and PartBar can be "torn-off" to create a floating palette which displays all the commands and features available for the tool. This is useful if you use a particular tool a lot.

## To Tear-Off a Floating Tool Palette

1. Use your mouse and position the cursor over a tool. This example is tearing off the Fill tool.
2. Click and hold on the tool. The popup menu for the tool appears.
3. Drag the cursor into the workspace or until the outlined box appears. Keep holding the mouse button down.
4. Position the outlined box where you want the floating palette to appear.
5. Release the mouse button to "drop" the palette. The palette appears.

- You can always move the palette again. Simply "grab" the window tab and move it wherever you want.
- To close a palette, click the close button in the window tab.

NOTE: You can have as many Color "tear-off" palettes as you wish. Just hold the Option/Windows Key as you drag the palettes.

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