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Perspectives</h2>
<p class="Para" Type Label>A perspective defines the initial set and layout of
views in the Workbench window. One or more perspectives can exist in a single
Workbench window.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p class="Para" Type Label>Perspectives can be opened in one of two ways:</p>
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<li><p>In the same (existing) Workbench window.</p> </li>
<li><p>In a new Workbench window.</p></li>
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<p class="Para" Type Label>Perspectives define visible action sets, which can
be changed to customize a perspective. A perspective that is built in this manner
can be saved, creating a custom perspective that can be opened again later.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<P CLASS="Para"> The Workbench window displays one or more perspectives. Each
product determines initially what default perspective is displayed, in this
example it is the Resource perspective. A perspective consists of views such
as the Navigator as well as editors for working with resources. More than one
Workbench window can be open at any given time.&nbsp; </P>
<P CLASS="Para"> So far, only the Resource perspective (shown below) has been
used in this tutorial. This section will explore how to open and work with other
perspectives. </P>
<P CLASS="Para"> A perspective provides a set of functionality aimed at accomplishing
a specific type of task, or working with a specific type of resource.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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