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Lesson 1

• Discuss Tutorial Target Audience
• Import WorkbenchTutorial project
• Use drag and drop to open files and arrange files
• Subdivide the Edit Area
• Create multiple instances of a single file
• Create a new workbench in a separate window

Lesson 2

• Introduce Eclipse Views
• Move Views Around the Workbench
• Create Detached Views
• Minimize and Maximize Views
• Use Trim Stacks and Fast Views
• Pop-Up Views
• View Tool Bars and Menus
• Search View
• Pin a View

Lesson 3

• Introduce Perspectives
• Switching Between Perspectives
• Reset Perspective Command
• Create a New Perspective
• Customize Perspectives
• Save a Perspective
• Close and Delete a Perspective

Lesson 4

• Context-Sensitive Help
• Help Toolbar Options
• Help Search
• Help Bookmarks
• Resource Bookmarks
• Help Cheat Sheets
• Quick Access (Ctrl+3)
• Back, Forward, Last Edit Location Navigation

Lesson 5

• Show Key Assist (Ctrl+Shift+L)
• Edit Keyboard Shortcuts
• Incremental Find (Ctrl+J)
• Quick Diff (Ctrl+Q)
• Create Custom Keyboard Shortcut

Lesson 6

• Change Keyboard Shortcut
• Change to Single-Click File Open Mode
• Export and Import Preferences
• Compare with Local History
• History Preferences
• Compare Two Files
• Restore Deleted File from History

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