You can start Adobe Bridge directly or start it from the any of following Adobe Creative Suite 5 or CS5.5 components: After Effects, Captivate®, Encore®, Flash® Professional, InCopy, InDesign, Illustrator®, Photoshop, and Premiere® Pro.
Start Adobe Bridge from an Adobe Creative Suite 5 component
Do either of the following: Choose File > Browse or File >Browse In Bridge (as available).
Note: In After Effects or Premiere Pro, after you use File > Browse In Bridge to start Adobe Bridge, double-clicking a file will open or import the file into that Creative Suite 5 component, not into the native application. For example, if you choose File > Browse In Bridge in Adobe Premiere Pro and then double-click a Photoshop file, the file is added to the Premiere Pro Project panel, not opened in Photoshop.Click the Adobe Bridge button
in
the application bar.
Return to the last open Adobe Creative Suite 5 component from Adobe Bridge
Choose File > Return To [Component] or
click the Return To [Component] button 
in
the application bar.Switch to Adobe Bridge from Mini Bridge
(Photoshop, InDesign, InCopy) Click
the Open Bridge button at
the top of the Mini Bridge panel.Start Adobe Bridge directly
- (Windows) Choose Adobe Bridge CS5.1 from the Start > Programs menu.
- (Mac OS) Double-click the Adobe Bridge CS5.1
icon
located
in the Applications/Adobe Bridge CS5.1 folder.
Start Adobe Bridge automatically
You can configure Adobe Bridge to run automatically in the background every time you log in. Running Adobe Bridge in the background consumes fewer system resources until you are ready to use it.
To configure Adobe Bridge to open automatically
in the background at login, do one of the following: The first time you launch Adobe Bridge, click Yes when asked if you want to launch Adobe Bridge automatically at login.
In the Advanced panel of the Adobe Bridge Preferencesdialog box, choose Start Bridge At Login.
(Windows) When Adobe Bridge is open, right-click the Adobe Bridge system tray icon and choose Start Bridge At Login.
Hide or show Adobe Bridge
- (Windows) To switch between
operational modes, do any of the following:
Right-click the Adobe Bridge icon in the system tray and choose Show Bridge to open the application.
Choose File > Hide to run Adobe Bridge in the background.
Right-click the Adobe Bridge icon in the system tray and choose Hide Bridge to run Adobe Bridge in the background.
- (Mac OS) To switch between operational modes,
do any of the following:
Click the Adobe Bridge CS5.1 icon in the Dock and choose Show or Hide.
In Adobe Bridge, choose Adobe Bridge CS5.1 >Hide Adobe Bridge CS5.1 to run Adobe Bridge in the background.
