Help! complete newbie with photoshop

I'm stuck, when I open any photo I cant do anything, all I have is a little hand icon, it doesn't matter what I click on, nothing works, it's just the little hand icon moving where ever I have the mouse.

Moron simple terms please, I dont understand computer talk.

Did you check for updates?

Whippeticious wrote in post #9590958
I'm stuck, when I open any photo I cant do anything, all I have is a little hand icon, it doesn't matter what I click on, nothing works, it's just the little hand icon moving where ever I have the mouse.

Moron simple terms please, I dont understand computer talk.

Go to adobe.com, then the support section, then the video tutorials... or just learn to use something other than pan tool... like by pressing 'b'

you're lucky I found you, because I actually have your solution.

hit the space-bar once or twice.

done.

thanks, it's working now and I didn't do anything. and basroil not sure if you're being nasty, I haven't learnt to use a damn thing yet, I dont even know what you mean by pan tool, isn't that something you cook with.

yeah, actually, I'm a photoshop expert, and I can't even understand what a pan tool is supposed to be... (the scroll bars?) technically the hand tool is for panning.. annnnnnnyways.

if it happens again (which happens to me about once a month for no explanation) either reset photoshop's warning dialogues (edit - preferences - general) or hit the space bar. Either way you'll be good to go.

Pearlallica wrote in post #9591051
yeah, actually, I'm a photoshop expert, and I can't even understand what a pan tool is supposed to be... (the scroll bars?) technically the hand tool is for panning.. annnnnnnyways.

if it happens again (which happens to me about once a month for no explanation) either reset photoshop's warning dialogues (edit - preferences - general) or hit the space bar. Either way you'll be good to go.

Many thanks for being willing to help and your straight forward answer.

What basroil is saying is RTFM and in this case there are literally thousands of FMs on the web. Adobe support would be a good place to start, because, as you can see from a couple of the answers you got, asking questions like that on a forum isn't always going to get you good answers.

what does rtfm and fm stand for. I just sift through the unhelpful snarky answers.
I should add that the first part of basroils answer was useful.

Whippeticious wrote in post #9591285
what does rtfm and fm stand for. I just sift through the unhelpful snarky answers.

Read The F*ing Manual

D Thompson wrote in post #9591309
Read The F*ing Manual

OH! I haven't F*in got one.

tzalman wrote in post #9591268
What basroil is saying is RTFM and in this case there are literally thousands of FMs on the web. Adobe support would be a good place to start, because, as you can see from a couple of the answers you got, asking questions like that on a forum isn't always going to get you good answers.

Slightly different. Online video tutorials are made for people like OP and for more experienced users alike. But they say stuff not found in the manual.

I was using the term manual in a wider meaning, referring to all instructional literature.

I haven't used Photoshop in ten years, but before that I used it daily for five years. If I remember correctly, it had a Help button.

tzalman wrote in post #9591416
I haven't used Photoshop in ten years, but before that I used it daily for five years. If I remember correctly, it had a Help button.

Wow, what's it feel like never to have asked a dumbarse question in your life, how's the air up there?