Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 59)

Chapter 4 Overview of the Final Cut Express HD Interface 59
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Learning Commands by Using Tooltips
When you move the pointer over a control in Final Cut Express HD, a small box called a
tooltip appears with a description of the control. Next to the description is the
keyboard shortcut for using the control. You can turn tooltips off and on in the General
tab of the User Preferences window.
To enable tooltips in Final Cut Express HD:
1 Choose Final Cut Express HD > User Preferences.
2 In the General tab, select Show Tooltips.
Customizing the Interface
Final Cut Express HD allows you to customize the interface in several ways. You can
rearrange windows and move them to suit your needs and work style. You can also use
various screen layouts provided by Final Cut Express HD. You can also position the Dock
in the Mac OS X interface so that it takes up less room or is hidden.
Moving and Resizing Windows
All open windows in Final Cut Express HD—the Browser, Viewer, Canvas, Timeline, and
Tool Bench—can be individually moved and resized to suit both your working style
and the task at hand, even across multiple monitors. When all windows are arranged
together on a single monitor, you can drag the border between any aligned group of
adjacent windows to quickly resize all the windows at the same time.
This tooltip appears when
the pointer is over the Play
button in the Viewer.
Pointer between
three or more windows
Pointer between
two windows