This dialog is available from the Options / Preferences... menu command under the Graphs or Portfolio Editor window. It is also available from the Options / General Preferences... menu command under any Report window.
This dialog page allows you to customize display related settings. These preferences are memorized from session to session. They include:
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Date Format |
Choose either the MM/DD/YY or DD/MM/YY format for displaying dates. The date format used for entering dates is controlled by your windows preferences (Control Panel/Regional Settings/Date). |
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Number Format |
Specify the delimiters to use when displaying and entering numbers. One setting uses the comma to separate groups of 3 digits, and the period for the decimal point (e.g. 1,000.00). The alternate setting uses the period to separate groups of 3 digits, and the comma for the decimal point (e.g. 1.000,00). |
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Share Digits |
Number of significant digits past the decimal point to display when showing share values. Used for controlling the display in the main graphs window and the data register. Acceptable values range from 0 to 6. |
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Price Digits |
Same as 'share digits', but used to control the display of prices. |
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Cents in Dollar Values |
Toggle on/off cents when displaying values. |
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Auto Screen Redraw |
When turned on the screen redraws whenever you makes any changes. If you turn this option off, Window / Repaint Screen can be used when you would like the screen to be updated. This is a useful feature if several changes are desired and the screen updates are slow on your computer. |
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Confirmation Notices |
When turned on you will receive confirmation notices (message boxes) after each recorded entry. To speed up data entry you may turn off this feature, thus bypassing the message boxes. |
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On Color Printers Draw Background |
Controls whether the background will be printed when printing on a color printer. You can turn this option off to save ink, especially if you're using a dark background color. On black and white printers the background will not be printed. The background color is user definable using the Graph Colors Dialog. |
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Marker Gravity |
When moving the cursor over a graph with markers displayed, specify how close (in pixels) the cursor must come to a marker before the cursor is considered to be on the marker. When the cursor is on a marker the associated data is displayed in the status bar and the right mouse menu will allow that marker's data to be edited. Acceptable values vary from 0.1 to 40 pixels. |