# The Organizer workspace

Use the Organizer to find, organize, and share your photos and media files. Use the Photo Browser in the Organizer to view thumbnails of any the photos you’ve imported into Photoshop Elements. You can view a large thumbnail of a single photo or smaller thumbnails of many photos, depending on the size of thumbnail you specify by using the thumbnail slider. If you prefer viewing your photos by date, use the Organizer’s Date view to work with your files in a calendar format.

The Photo Browser lists all the photos, as well as videos and PDF files that you’ve imported, in one comprehensive window that you can easily browse and filter. It can even show thumbnails of files stored remotely, such as those you might keep on CDs.

You can fix the most common photographic problems, such as red eye and unnatural colors, by using the tools in the Fix tab of the Task pane. For more complex editing, you can select a photo in the Organizer, and click Full Edit in the Fix tab. The photo opens in the Editor workspace.

You can create projects, from printed photo books to computer slide shows, from the Create tab of the Task pane.

Finally, you can share your photos and projects with others, by using any of the tools in the Share tab of the Task pane.

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Organizer buttons and menu bar

A.
  Welcome screen button
B.
  Left and right side of menu bar
C.
  Undo and Redo buttons
D.
  Back To Previous View and Forward To Next View buttons
E.
  The Find bar
F.
  Photo Browser Arrangement menu
G.
  Star ratings filter
H
  The four tabs of the Task Pane
I.
  The Display menu
J.
  Full Edit, Quick Fix, Or Guided Edit menu
K.
  Rotate Left and Rotate Right buttons
L.
  Adjust Size Of Thumbnail slider

The Organizer workspace has the following components:

Welcome Screen button
  Opens the Welcome screen where you can sign in for web services, or select tools for one of the primary tasks: Organize, Edit, Create, or Share.
Menu bar
  Contains menus for performing tasks. The menus are organized by topic: File, Edit, Find, View, Window, and Help.
Display button
  Opens menu of views of the Photo Browser.
Editor button
  Opens menu containing Quick Fix, Full Edit, and Guided Edit selections.
Navigation buttons
  Take you back to the previous view, or forward to the next view, of the Photo Browser.
Find bar
  Drag a photo, album icon, or keyword tag icon here to search for photos.
Photo Browser
  Displays your photos, video clips, audio files, and projects in the Organizer, either one at a time or in a grid of thumbnails.
Task pane
  Contains the Organize, Fix, Create, and Share tabs, and the palettes or buttons for each of these.
Status bar
  In the Photo Browser, the status bar displays the number of items selected and the number of items contained in the Photo Browser arrangement.

Note: If you change your Windows theme while the Organizer is open, the Organizer workspace may appear distorted after the change. Close the Organizer and relaunch it to return it to its normal appearance.
Related Information

- View and find photos in Date view

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