Hi Steve, thanks for the quick reply.
As I said, I can select the hand tool hitting H., but it would be more convenient to do
as you suggested. However, I just tried it again; holding down the spacebar and I get the
hand but as soon as I left click, it changes to the V mode(arrow) and it moves the layer
instead of the entire area. I’d like to add that I’ve used AE for more than 2 years now
and I am pretty familiar with all aspects of the program. I do alot of camera work in 3d
mode for an animation studio in addition to effects, so this hand tool would be very handy.
Perhaps it’s the keyboard that I am using (it’s a dual language keyboard).
Thanks for your help as always.