User preferences and settings

The Preferences dialog (figure 4.1) offers opportunities for changing the default settings for different features of the program. Preference settings are grouped under four tabs, each of which is described in the sections to follow.

The Preferences dialog is opened in one of the following ways:

        Edit | Preferences (Image Options_3_16_n_p)

   or  Ctrl + K (Image command_key_web + ; on Mac)

Image preferences
Figure 4.1: Preference settings are grouped under the General, View, Data , and Advanced tabs.



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