Preferences: User Notes Display

Prerequisites for use: None; this dialog box can be opened at any time.       

Use: User Notes Display preferences is used to set the default display of ALL User Notes in ALL User Notes files.

Open: Click User Notes Display in the list of the Preferences dialog box. The User Notes Display area is displayed (labeled "Default display for ALL User Notes:"

Hint If you have one User Notes file in which you want a different appearance than the default settings made here, do the following: Make the desired changes to affect ALL User Notes files here, and save your changes. Open the desired User Notes file in a separate pane or tab. Open the Set Notes Display dialog box and make the desired changes for that file. At the bottom of the Set Notes Display dialog box, click Use as Default. This file now has different defaults from those set here in the Preferences dialog box.

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Options in the User Notes Display Area of the Preferences Dialog Box

Left Theme Area: Items here relate to the selected Theme and how it is displayed for all User Notes files.

• Theme Pop-up Menu: Opens a list of pre-defined Themes that can be applied globally to all User Notes files. The theme is previewed in the bottom preview pane.
• Standardize text display: Select this item to have your changes applied to ALL User Notes files. When selected, all items in the Text display area on the right can be set; changing these items affects all notes in all User Notes files and overrides any previously applied formatting.

• Size Pop-up Menu: This item sets the default font size for all Themes.

  In addition, if Standardize text display is selected, your selection here is applied to all notes in the User Notes files on your computer. This is also the value that is adjusted with using the font size buttons on the Panes bar ().

  If Standardize text display is not selected, this item represents the relative scaling for the selected font sizes.

• Line Spacing Slider: Move the slider to add space between text lines and improve readability. The text displays and prints with the line spacing set here.

Hypertext Area: Changes here affect how links are displayed and handled in the User Notes.

• Text Pop-up Menu: Choose the Bible text used to open a Scripture reference link, or view the text in the Instant Details when a cursor is over a reference. You can choose from any installed text.
• Alternate Text Pop-up Menu: Choose the Bible text to use if the verse is not found in the first text. You can also access the alternate Text by pressing Ctrl while resting the cursor over the Scripture link.

Text Display Area: Items in this section are available only if Standardize text display is selected and relate to the format of the tool content. These items affect all notes in all User Notes files on your computer. 

• Contents items (Font and Color): Choose from any font available on your system (unless the text is Greek or Hebrew), along with a range of colors.
• Hypertext items (Color and Style): Changes here affect how links are displayed and handled in all user notes.

Search highlighting area: Options in this area are used to choose how "hit" words are displayed in the User Tool.

• Color Pop-up Menu: Used to choose from a wide selection of colors, or creating a custom color.
• Choose Custom Color: Opens the standard Windows dialog box which offer many ways for defining a color.
• Custom: Selects the currently defined custom color.
• Style Pop-up Menu: Used to set the style of "hit" words. The word "Sample" displayed next to the option displays the currently selected style. To remove a style, select it again from the menu, or select Plain Text to remove all styles. Available styles are: Bold, Italic, Underline, Outline, Shadow, and Plain Text.

Background area: Options in this area set parameters for display of the entire tool content.

• Color Pop-up Menu: Used to set the background color of the pane. A variety of colors including pastels and black are offered. You can also set a custom color.