For a visual rundown of different options and configurations, Andy Anderson gives a quick tour of Illustrator CS6 panels in a tutorial for InfiniteSkills. He shows how to adjust panel size and position, combine panels, access panel options and reset the Illustrator interface to default workspace settings.
http://infiniteskills.com/blog/2012/08/adobe-illustrator-cs6-tutorial- illustrator-panels/
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