The General tab lets you set preferences for autosave, rotation snapping, zooming in and out, automatic scroll time, and other general features. Controls for displaying the screen and enabling wizards are also on the General tab.
Field |
Description |
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Time between auto-saves |
Enter how often to automatically save your work in a temporary file. Enter 0 to disable autosave. |
Use maximum picture compression |
Check to compress pictures to their smallest size when saving to the disk. NOTE: When checked, saving files may take longer, but the resulting file is smaller. |
Snap angle to nearest __ degree |
Enter the number of degrees to rotate an object each time the rotation tool is used. Enter 0 for free rotation without any restrictions. |
Zoom in & out by |
Enter the percent to zoom in and out when using the zoom tools. |
Automatic scroll time |
Enter the time between scrolls when adding or moving objects. NOTE: The larger the value, the longer it takes to scroll the screen. |
Display welcome screen on program start |
Check to have the Welcome screen appear each time you start the program. |
Load template’s default object settings |
Check to use the template's default object settings as a default for any new label objects. |
Revert to pointer tool after adding object |
Check to automatically revert to the Pointer Tool after adding an object. Uncheck to keep the last tool used. NOTE: Uncheck to add several of the same type of object consecutively. |
Enable wizards |
Check to launch wizards. |
Automatically search database |
Check to have the Merge Database Info function automatically display and search through records. |
Spell Check Options |
Click to set spell checking options. |
To set general preferences:
Select General tab.
, and then choose theSet the appropriate preferences.