Ruler Tool Location in Older Photoshop Versions [Was: Question]

[richardt4944820]

Do any of the older Photoshop versions like 5, 6, or 7 have the ruler tool hidden in the eye dropper tool sub menu?

[Trevor.Dennis]

I don't remember when the Ruler tool was introduced, but I think it was always in the same tool group as the eye dropper.   

[gener7 · Accepted solution]

Yes, still under the Eyedropper and was called the "Measure Tool" back in the day. This is PS 6.0.1

[davescm]

I don't know about v6.0 but it was certainly there in 7.0 (just checked a very old book)

Dave

[davescm]

Gene goes one better than an old book and shows a screenshot !!

Dave

[gener7]

Interestingly enough, my copy of PS 6 can run from anywhere, even a Flash drive and under Windows 10. After that, Adobe locked it down.

Indeed Dave, I'm running it out of my Documents folder.   I keep it as a novelty.

The other sticking point is that since Terabyte drives were not a common item then, 7 and earlier will not recognize that amount of drive capacity.

[davescm]

I'm amazed it ran at all !

Dave

[Jeff Arola]

As far as i know the Measure Tool (Ruler Tool) was introduced in photoshop 5.

Before that one could use the Line Tool to measure distance/angles.

Photoshop 3.0.5 and the Line Tool with measurements and angles shown in the Info palette

[davescm]

This is becoming a "who can a show a screenshot of a measure tool from the oldest Photoshop" thread

Hope Noel doesn't see it - we may see version 1.0 !

Dave

[gener7]

Not unless Noel has an old Apple Macintosh. I don't think Windows got Photoshop until v 3.

[davescm]

Ah well, AFAIK Noel was/is a windows man .

Richard (OP) - apologies for the diversion.

Dave

[richardt4944820]

Thanks for the info,

Dick T

[Trevor.Dennis]

gener7 wrote:

Not unless Noel has an old Apple Macintosh. I don't think Windows got Photoshop until v 3.

[gener7]

Yes 2.5 was the first. I wonder why Photoshop system requirements never included it.

[Ronald Keller]

My first version (on Windows) was 2.5... (and it was love at first sight...)

[Trevor.Dennis]

Hah!  We get so wound up with the Internet, that we forget our book shelves.  I used to have older Photoshop books, but I decided they were pointless and gave them to the Camera Club library (where they are still pointless)

I did check Wikipedia's Photoshop Version History at the beginning of this thread, but I was searching for Ruler.  Knowing the right name for the tool shows it was introduced with version 5 (Strange Cargo) in 1998