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<title>General Preferences</title>
<para>
&gnum; provides several general preferences which can be set by
the user using the <interface>Preferences Dialog</interface>.
</para>
<para>
The <interface>Preferences Dialog</interface> has several
pages. Each page addresses a certain aspects of using &gnum;. The
pages are selected by clicking on one of the options in the top
left column. These act like a tab interface in changing the rest
of the dialog options.
</para>
<tip>
<title>Tooltips appear under the mouse pointer</title>
<para>
When the mouse pointer is placed over an entry field or a
checkbox, after a certain delay, a temporary tooltip may
appear. The tooltip is a small window with information about
each option. The tooltip disappears once the mouse pointer is
moved to a new area of the screen.
</para>
</tip>
<warning>
<title>Some preferences require advanced understanding.</title>
<para>
Certain of the options, such as the options for changing the
number of pixels per length (the 'pixel pitch') on the screen,
are generally set correctly automatically. These options are
fundamental and should only be changed by users who understand
the option.
</para>
</warning>
<sect2 id="sect-configuration-preferences-usage">
<title>Using the Preferences Dialog</title>
<para>
The preference dialog can be started by selecting the
<guimenu>Edit</guimenu> and then the
<guimenuitem>Preferences...</guimenuitem> menu item.
</para>
<para>
The dialog is used by selecting one of the categories in the top
left column of options and then changing the settings for that
option. The categories are presented as a list; each can be
selected in turn by placing the mouse pointer over the desired
element and clicking with the primary mouse button.
</para>
<para>
Certain elements, such as the <guilabel>Font</guilabel>
preference, have a small triangle in front of their
name. Clicking on this triangle will open a sub-element line
which allows the sub-element to be selected and have its options
altered.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="sect-configuration-preferences-font">
<title>Font Preferences</title>
<para>
The font preferences allow the user to change the font which is
used by default in the &gnum; grid cells and to set the font
used for headers and footers when printing.
</para>
<para>
The <interface>Font</interface> selection sets the default font
name, size and style to be used in the cells on every sheet.
</para>
<figure id="fig-configuration-preferences-font">
<title><interface>Display Font</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-font.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
The <interface>Headers/Footers</interface> selection sets the
font name, size and style which will be used, by default, in the
headers and footers added to each page of printed output. These
selections can be over-ridden in the print preferences dialog as
explained in <xref linkend="chapter-printing" />. The content of
the headers and footers is determined via the <interface> Page
Setup dialog</interface>, detailed in <xref
linkend="sect-printing-setup" />.
</para>
<figure id="fig-configuration-preferences-font-header">
<title><interface>Header & Footer Font</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-font-header.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="sect-configuration-preferences-copypaste">
<title>Copy and Paste Preferences</title>
<para>
The <interface>Copy and Paste</interface> element allows the
user to determine how copied items are integrated into the
clipboard mechanism.
</para>
<figure id="fig-configuration-preferences-windows">
<title><interface>Copy and Paste</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-copypaste.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="sect-configuration-preferences-files">
<title>File Preferences</title>
<para>
The <interface>Files</interface> element provides settings related
to the handling of files.
</para>
<figure id="configuration-preferences-files">
<title><interface>Files</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-files.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<tip>
<title>The number of recently used files</title>
<para>
If you are usually using one of a small number of documents,
you should set the <interface>Length of File
History</interface> to be slightly larger than the number of
these documents.
</para>
</tip>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="sect-configuration-preferences-tools">
<title>Tools Preferences</title>
<para>
The <interface>Tools</interface> element allows to determine the
settings for the recently used function list, for autocompletion
of data entry in cells and for range selections.
</para>
<figure id="configuration-preferences-tools">
<title><interface>Tools</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-tools.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
The <interface>Sorting</interface> element allows to determine the
default settings for the <interface>Sort Dialog</interface>.
</para>
<figure id="configuration-preferences-sorting">
<title><interface>Sorting</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-sorting.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="sect-configuration-preferences-undo">
<title>Undo History Preferences</title>
<para>
The <interface>Undo</interface> element permits to customize the
undo feature. You would normally like the number of undo items
to be in the 10 to 25 range and the maximal undo size to be
10000 to 100000, unless you only have little memory available.
</para>
<figure id="configuration-preferences-undo">
<title><interface>Undo</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-undo.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="sect-configuration-preferences-windows">
<title>Windows Preferences</title>
<para>
The windows preferences include options to set the default
appearance of the whole window displaying the &gnum; interface
as well as
</para>
<para>
The <interface>Windows</interface> element includes a variety of
options that did not fit within any of the other tabs.
</para>
<figure id="configuration-preferences-various">
<title><interface>Windows</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-windows.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<para>
The <interface>Screen</interface> elements allows the user to
set the pixel pitch (number of pixels per length) for the
screen. This is a fundamental property of the display which
should be set correctly by default.
</para>
<figure id="configuration-preferences-various-internal">
<title><interface>Screen</interface></title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
<imagedata format="PNG"
fileref="figures/preferences-screen.png" />
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
<warning>
<title>The pixel pitch is fundamental</title>
<para>
These options affect the display of &gnum; and should only be
changed after serious consideration. By default these options
should be correct and should only be altered for non-standard
screens and when the appearance of &gnum; and its contents are
clearly incorrect.
</para>
</warning>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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