Monitoring operations

A progress bar indicates that an operation is in process. You can interrupt the process or have the program notify you when it has finished.

To cancel operations:

Hold down Esc until the operation in progress has stopped. In Mac OS, you can also press Command+period.

To set notification for completion of operations:

1. Do one of the following:
• In Windows, choose Edit > Preferences > General.
• (Photoshop) In Mac OS, choose Photoshop > Preferences > General.
• (ImageReady) In Mac OS, choose ImageReady > Preferences > General.
2. Do one of the following:
• (Photoshop) Select Beep When Done.
• (ImageReady) Select Notify When Done and choose (Mac OS only): System Alert to use your system alert for notification or Text to Speech to use a spoken notification.
3. Click OK.