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Chapter 5, Getting Familiar with Your Workspace
Workspace Anatomy

The Toxik workspace may include a variety of views and elements, all of which are designed to ensure a seamless and intuitive workflow. Each preset contains the views typically used to perform a particular task.

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Views and elements include:

a) Menu bar This is always visible by default and cannot be modified--see About the Menu Bar.
b) Viewports There can be one or more viewports, depending on the currently selected preset or on a user-defined layout--see Viewports and Views. You can populate the viewports with views such as the Player, Schematic, Curve/Layer editors, and Browser views.
c) Tool UI Displays information about the current composition or tool, or the current view when accessed from the Gate UI. You can edit information, or set options and attributes in this view--see Details Area and Tool UI.
d) Taskbar This is always visible by default and cannot be modified. You can show/hide the taskbar by pressing Ctrl + t--see About the Taskbar.

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