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 <h2>Configuration Guide: Options in OpenOffice.org</h2>
 <p><i>2002 April 18</i></p>
 <p>Robert Black Eagle</p>
 <br>
 <h3>About this Guide</h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p>The following is a draft; it will be updated over the next couple of weeks.
     If you want to suggest changes, or add material, please file an issue via
     <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html">Issue Tracker</a> and assign it to default owner
     of the "www" module.</p>
 </blockquote>
 <br>
 <h3>Select Tools --&gt; Options to set general options</h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p><b>OpenOffice.org:</b> is the first category.</p>
   <p><b>User Data</b>: Put in what information you want available for document
     info and in documents. </p>
 </blockquote>
 <h4>General </h4>
 <blockquote>
   <p>Year (Two Digits) -- unless you have special needs, accept the default. Help
     Agent/Display duration: This is the OOo version of the dancing paperclip used
     by MicroSoft Word, only you can set how long it stays up. The default is 30
     seconds. I dropped it to 15, since it's irritating for me if it's up longer.</p>
 </blockquote>
 <h3><br>
   Memory </h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p><b>Number of steps undo</b>. How many &quot;undo's&quot; you can do in a
     row (going back and back and ...). The default is 20 and is plenty for most
     uses. </p>
 </blockquote>
 <blockquote>
   <p><b>Graphics cache. </b>The amount of memory eaten up by the graphics in your
     document. The default is 9MB. Adjust upward if it locks up when you add "too
     many graphics" or they are too large. In some cases, you can use another program
     to shrink the graphic to the approximate size you will use in the document
     which will save memory in OpenOffice.org.</p>
 <p> <b>Memory per object. </b>The amount of memory eaten up by a single object (graphic or other object). The default is 2.4MB which is more than enough for most uses. Again, if you have memory problems (lock up), you may want to shrink the object before loading it, or, if that isn't possible, iincrease the memory available for objects here</p>
   <p><b>Remove from memory after. </b>The time that memory is held before being
     cleared so something else can fit in -- should not affect the document, itself,
     but will affect objects, graphics and other non-text information not currently
     displayed on the screen. The default is listed as 00:10, meaning 0 hours and
     10 minutes. Adjust so it is comfortable for your usage. In my case, it is
     not critical as the load into memory is fast enough that it scarcely affects
     my usage. </p>
   <p><b>Cache for inserted objects. </b>The number of objects that can be cached
     in memory. The default is 20. Adjust upward only if you have lots of inserted
     objects and graphics.</p>
 </blockquote>
 <br>
 <h3>View</h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p><b>Look and Feel. </b>(changes colors, mainly, but select something you're
     comfortable with using -- I find standard just fine). Scale font anti-aliasing:
     The minimum size before a font is anti-aliased (smoothed). The default is
     8. My computer makes fonts fuzzy if it is less than 10, so I raised my default.</p>
   <p><b>Printer. </b>Select whether you will normally "print" to a file or to
     your printer. Select the warnings you want to see on a regular basis. If in
     doubt, select all of them and then come back here and delete those that just
     irritate you.</p>
   <p><b>External Programs. </b>I strongly suggest you accept the defaults unless
     you really know your system backwards and forwards, in which case, why are
     you reading this?</p>
   <p><b>Paths. </b>The only one you're likely to need to change is the path to
     your main document subdirectory. If you use "My Document", you may still need
     to "Edit" this entry to point to the right directory.</p>
   <p><b>Colors. </b>This changes the custom pallette available to you. Unless
     you really know what you're doing, don't mess with this one.</p>
   <p><b>Font Replacement. </b>Same as for Colors.</p>
   <p><b>Security. </b>If security is a concern, make certain "no applets" is turned
     on.</p>
 </blockquote>
 <br>
 <h3>Load/Save</h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p><b> General</b></p>
   <blockquote>
     <p> <b>Load.</b> (allows settings to be the same from document to document
       -- not the same as templates, so make sure it is set. </p>
     <p><b>Edit document properties when saving. </b>This (allows you to choose
       what comments and information about you and what you have done to this document
       is saved with the document -- important for some people and completely irrelevant
       for others.</p>
     <p><b>Autosave every</b>. The default is once an hour (60 minutes), which
       is close to useless. I don't have an hour to redo if there is a power outage.
       I changed mine to 10 minutes for normal usage and drop it to five if the
       document I am working on is critical. If your memory is better than mine,
       you can leave it at 60 minutes and save manually every few minutes. </p>
     <p><b>Save optimization for XML format (no pretty printing). </b>XML is the
       native saved format. If you are printing from another program, you will
       want this turned off. </p>
 	<p><b>Save URLs relative to. </b>Look in the "Help" section for information on relative and absolute referencing with a document - -- it could be important and depends very much on how you work. </p>
     <p><b>Standard file format.</b> Think about the kind of file you will normally
       be working on. For me, it is standard text. For some, it might be Presentation
       or spreadsheet. Best to start out with what you'd normally use. </p>
     <p><b>Always save as. </b>What do you do? If you work a lot on web pages,
       choose that format. If you trade documents with a Word user, choose that
       format. Do you use Rich Text Format (RTF)? Then choose that.</p>
     <p><b>VBA Properties.</b> Unless you absolutely never and never will interchange
       documents with a MS user, leave all of these checked.</p>
     <p><b>Microsoft Office.</b> Yes, you will likely need these. Better have them
       than discover after hours of frustration that this is where you look to
       have this capability.</p>
     <p><b>HTML Compatibility.</b> I don't often deal with web documents, so I
       just leave these alone. If you do, you might check them all, just to make
       sure you can find out what is going on in such a document, especially if
       you're writing one.</p>
     <p><b>Language Settings Language.</b> I assume your computer is set for your
       native or most frequently used language. If it is, leave "default" as the
       setting. If not, pick the language you use most often. Same for currency.
       My version does not include a Euro, but, if you get on the users list, you
       can ask and get a simple fix. Default languages for documents: Western is
       automatically selected (idea being that they all use modifications of the
       Latin alphabet). You have to specially select Asian support. Note that these
       have to be enabled on your system to work properly.</p>
     <p><b>Writing Aids.</b> This is where you can choose the kinds of dictionaries
       you want to use (hint: use them all), and edit them if you think you may
       have added an incorrect spelling. Be sure to check the options you want
       to have checked (base it on what mistakes you make).</p>
     <p><b>Internet: (Obvious) Proxy.</b> If you have a proxy server (firewall),
       check the appropriate settings. They will be the same you use to communicate
       with the Internet with other programs. </p>
     <p><b>DNS server:</b> Most Internet Service Providers (ISP's) will use an
       automatic connection. If you connect to a network where you work, you may
       likely want manual connection -- enter the DNS entry you use to connect.</p>
     <p><b>Search.</b> This is where you select your default Internet search engine.
       You will notice that all the options are included for each engine. Pick
       one from the list -- you can always choose another manually.</p>
   </blockquote>
 </blockquote>
 <br>
 <h3>Text Document</h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p><b>GeneralUpdate</b>: Update Links when loading refers to Master Documents
     or documents with links to other documents, graphics or similar items. When
     you load a document, if you want to see the bare document (a waste of time
     with Master Documents, most of the time), then check "never." Otherwise, decide
     if you want to make a choice when you load (you can use Navigator to load
     only selected links), or load everything every time. Normally, you will want
     to Automatically load fields and charts, but choose based on how you work.
   </p>
   <p><b>Caption</b>: Lots of choices, especially if you want an identifying caption
     on each page. I don't so I don't use these. The "..." at the right is where
     you choose what kind of captions you might want to see. </p>
   <p><b>Measurement Units:</b> I use inches, but you can choose millemeters, picas
     or something else. Set tab stop measurements at the far right. You may have
     to experiment with this one until you get it where you want it. In normal
     typing, 5 spaces is 0.50", if that helps. </p>
   <p><b>Compatibility:</b> I set these per document, and leave these unchecked,
     but you can choose them for fixed settings in every document. Look at how
     you work to decide. If in doubt, check them and, if you don't like the look,
     uncheck them.</p>
   <p><b>View.</b> I like to see what I am doing, so I check everything except
     Large Handles, Vertical Ruler and Smooth Scroll. Get rid of anything you really
     don't care to see (just because you can see them does NOT mean they will print
     -- that is something you can choose in the document).</p>
 </blockquote>
 <br>
 <h3><b>Formatting Aids</b></h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p><b>Display of.</b>This will show, on screen, such things as Paragraph marks,
     raised dots for spaces and so on -- way more than you'll likely want to see
     (and you can choose to see them within a document). If you always want to
     see something, select it here. Otherwise, only select it from the toolbar
     when you need to in a document. I choose custom hyphens and nothing else.
   </p>
   <p><b>Direct cursor.</b> A direct cursor allows you to put your mouse cursor
     somewhere and click and the cursor goes there. If it's after the end of the
     last entry, spaces and paragraph markers are entered up to the cursor position.
     This is a default selection that can be changed on the fly. I don't have it
     and select it on those rare occasions when I need it. </p>
   <p><b>Insert.</b> Sometimes programs will replace tabs with spaces, so I don't
     choose these automatic inserts except the first -- paragraph alignment. This
     depends very much on how you work and gives the "fill in" for the direct cursor
     when clicking beyond the end of the document. I leave color alone and enable
     the cursor in protected areas. I won't tell you how frustrated I was about
     one document where I could not edit within a text box because it was protected
     and I couldn't figure out what was wrong.</p>
   <p><b>Grid.</b> I don't use this, but sometimes it is very helpful to see a
     grid and to have characters and drawing objects fit flush with a grid position.
     You can define the grid any way you want. If you're not familiar with them,
     try them on a document or two (make them visible) and see how they might be
     of help.</p>
   <p><b>Basic Fonts (Western).</b> Select the fonts you want as defaults. I have
     no idea what Current document only means as it is not defined anywhere.</p>
   <p><b>Print.</b> What do you want to print when you print a document, which
     pages and how do you want them printed (reversed means last page first). Select
     "brochure" only if that is the main thing you are working on for a time --
     otherwise that is probably not what you want. Decide if you want notes printed
     (you can add notes to your document at any time or any point -- but you may
     or may not want them printed. I normally just want to see them on screen).
     These are NOT footnotes, which print like regular text (only you can have
     different formatting).</p>
   <p><b>Table.</b> If you are going to print tables, leave the default settings
     alone, at least at first. See what settings you have to change to get them
     right, then transfer them here as normal defaults. "Do not split" is very
     useful for large tables, especially if you add columns or rows and mess up.
     It is really a mess to go looking for part of a table that is mostly out of
     reach because it is split up. "Behavior or rows/columns" is really self-explanatory.
     Unless you want to have specialized treatment of numbers, leave all the Input
     in tables selections alone.</p>
   <p><b>Changes.</b> If you are making changes (especially for others to review),
     you want the original language to remain visible so everyone knows what was
     done. You choose this in the document, but here you choose how you want the
     changes to look. Pay close attention to "Lines changed" as this is the easiest
     clue to the changes when reviewing someone else's changes. Be sure where you
     want them marked -- where they are expected varies from company to company.</p>
 </blockquote>
 <br>
 <h3>HTML Document (This is the same as for Text Document except where indicated
   below) </h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p><b>Source.</b> These are color clues and should be easy for you to distinguish
     on your monitor. Background: Most people want a uniform background on their
     web pages, and this is where you can set the background color. Other effects
     have to be set elsewhere.</p>
 </blockquote>
 <br>
 <h3>Spreadsheet</h3>
 <blockquote>
   <h4><b>General</b></h4>
   <blockquote>
     <p> <b>Metrics.</b> What measurements are you comfortable with? </p>
     <p><b>Updating.</b> Same as for text documents -- loading links can sometimes
       take a lot of time. </p>
     <p><b>Input Settings</b>. This is so personal that I hardly know how to suggest.
       Play with the default settings. If something irritates you (such as "How
       the @#$!! do I edit the entry"), then come back here and change it.</p>
   </blockquote>
   <p><b>View</b> </p>
   <blockquote>
     <p><b>Visual Aids. </b>You want grids and page breaks -- I promise you. Later,
       you may want to eliminate them, but, if you're not sure, start with them.
       You can hide them if you wish, but they're a handy default. "Guides while
       moving" is amazingly handy, as well -- it lets you know where things will
       actually go. Objects: You will want to see them -- especially at first.
     </p>
     <p><b>Display.</b> Everything you see checked should stay checked until you've
       worked with spreadsheets for a while -- then you can come back and change
       some settings. (For example, "Outline symbols" were useful for a while,
       but later just got irritating for me, so I unchecked them, again.)</p>
   </blockquote>
   <h4><b>Calculate</b> </h4>
   <blockquote>
     <p><b>Iterative references. </b>Iterations is needed for certain recursive
       calculations (if you don't know what that is, you don't need it). My practice
       is to set a number at 50, run the iterations, note the output, run it again,
       check it and run it a final time. This lets me know if the formula is unstable
       or too slowly converging (this is for testing the formula). Then I can set
       the iterations at a reasonable level for the work I am doing (heavy statistical).
       I check all the items under Iterative references except "Precision as shown"
       as I normally use two places (five for some functions), but want maximum
       precision in each calculation. "Precision as shown" introduces some divergent
       errors -- again, if you don't know what I am talking about, you can't have
       any. On the right -- stick to the default date unless it produces errors,
       then try each of the others until you get correct dates. On some systems,
       you may need one of the other two. If most calculations will be monetary
       amounts, select two decimal places -- you can easily change it for any range
       of cells.</p>
   </blockquote>
   <p><b>Sort Lists</b>. Add any special lists you may have that don't reduce to
     alphabetical order.</p>
   <p><b>Changes</b>. "By author" lets you choose -- you CAN choose an automatic
     default color for each type of change, however.</p>
   <p><b>Grids.</b> If you do nothing else, synchronize axes. However, for some
     applications, this is NOT a good thing. Unselect it if you do not want your
     grids to be so rigid.</p>
   <p><b>Print</b>. Remember, some uses will often have blank sheets as part of
     the output and sometimes you will want to print only the sheets you have selected
     and not the entire document.</p>
   <p><b>Presentation</b>. The automatic defaults are pretty good. I have only
     a few comments on these:</p>
   <p><b>General.</b> Pay attention to the Unit of Measurement and tab stops. Note
     how you do your Presentations normally -- do you start with the current page
     or always with page one?</p>
   <p><b>View.</b> Look at Alternative display. Do you use any of these features?
     If not or if only rarely, leave them unselected. If you don't know what a
     Bezier editor is, don't select it except to experiment.</p>
   <p><b>Grids.</b> You really, REALLY want snap lines instead of a grid for most
     Presentations -- again, what do YOU do?</p>
   <p><b>Print</b>. The defaults are good, but think about your usual practice.</p>
   <p><b>Drawing.</b> (Same suggestions as for Presentation except that grid lines
     may be more useful here than in a Presentation).</p>
   <p><b>Formula.</b> Defaults are generally good, but consider "fit to page" and
     "scaling" if they come out looking poorly on a page.</p>
   <p><b>Chart.</b> All you can pick here are default colors.</p>
   <p><b>Data Source.</b> Don't mess with this unless you REALLY know what you
     are doing.</p>
   <p>Play around with things awhile before using "Configure." This is unique for
     each kind of document, spreadsheet and so on. This is where you would set
     the defaults for a particular document or for general usage -- such as key
     shortcuts and so on. Lots of choices and very much a matter of taste.</p>
 <p><b>Note</b>. When you've finished customizing the Options, it is always helpful to shut down the program and restart it just in case your machine does something unpleasant. That way, you're sure to have the settings the way you want them.</p>

 </blockquote>
 <br>
 <h3>One final suggestion</h3>
 <blockquote>
   <p> Learn to love the Help document. You can have it in a separate screen and
     get to it with Alt-Tab any time. At the left is an index you can use to find
     what you want. It is your friend. Keep it around a lot until you think you
     don't need it any more -- but never forget that it is there. It answers lots
     of questions to keep you from asking others for help that is at your fingertips.</p>
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	<body>

	<h2>Configuration Guide: Options in OpenOffice.org</h2>
	<p><i>2002 April 18</i></p>
	<p>Robert Black Eagle</p>
	<br>
	<h3>About this Guide</h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p>The following is a draft; it will be updated over the next couple of weeks.
	If you want to suggest changes, or add material, please file an issue via
	<a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html">Issue Tracker</a> and assign it to default owner
	of the "www" module.</p>
	</blockquote>
	<br>
	<h3>Select Tools --> Options to set general options</h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>OpenOffice.org:</b> is the first category.</p>
	<p><b>User Data</b>: Put in what information you want available for document
	info and in documents. </p>
	</blockquote>
	<h4>General </h4>
	<blockquote>
	<p>Year (Two Digits) -- unless you have special needs, accept the default. Help
	Agent/Display duration: This is the OOo version of the dancing paperclip used
	by MicroSoft Word, only you can set how long it stays up. The default is 30
	seconds. I dropped it to 15, since it's irritating for me if it's up longer.</p>
	</blockquote>
	<h3><br>
	Memory </h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>Number of steps undo</b>. How many "undo's" you can do in a
	row (going back and back and ...). The default is 20 and is plenty for most
	uses. </p>
	</blockquote>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>Graphics cache. </b>The amount of memory eaten up by the graphics in your
	document. The default is 9MB. Adjust upward if it locks up when you add "too
	many graphics" or they are too large. In some cases, you can use another program
	to shrink the graphic to the approximate size you will use in the document
	which will save memory in OpenOffice.org.</p>
	<p> <b>Memory per object. </b>The amount of memory eaten up by a single object (graphic or other object). The default is 2.4MB which is more than enough for most uses. Again, if you have memory problems (lock up), you may want to shrink the object before loading it, or, if that isn't possible, iincrease the memory available for objects here</p>
	<p><b>Remove from memory after. </b>The time that memory is held before being
	cleared so something else can fit in -- should not affect the document, itself,
	but will affect objects, graphics and other non-text information not currently
	displayed on the screen. The default is listed as 00:10, meaning 0 hours and
	10 minutes. Adjust so it is comfortable for your usage. In my case, it is
	not critical as the load into memory is fast enough that it scarcely affects
	my usage. </p>
	<p><b>Cache for inserted objects. </b>The number of objects that can be cached
	in memory. The default is 20. Adjust upward only if you have lots of inserted
	objects and graphics.</p>
	</blockquote>
	<br>
	<h3>View</h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>Look and Feel. </b>(changes colors, mainly, but select something you're
	comfortable with using -- I find standard just fine). Scale font anti-aliasing:
	The minimum size before a font is anti-aliased (smoothed). The default is
	8. My computer makes fonts fuzzy if it is less than 10, so I raised my default.</p>
	<p><b>Printer. </b>Select whether you will normally "print" to a file or to
	your printer. Select the warnings you want to see on a regular basis. If in
	doubt, select all of them and then come back here and delete those that just
	irritate you.</p>
	<p><b>External Programs. </b>I strongly suggest you accept the defaults unless
	you really know your system backwards and forwards, in which case, why are
	you reading this?</p>
	<p><b>Paths. </b>The only one you're likely to need to change is the path to
	your main document subdirectory. If you use "My Document", you may still need
	to "Edit" this entry to point to the right directory.</p>
	<p><b>Colors. </b>This changes the custom pallette available to you. Unless
	you really know what you're doing, don't mess with this one.</p>
	<p><b>Font Replacement. </b>Same as for Colors.</p>
	<p><b>Security. </b>If security is a concern, make certain "no applets" is turned
	on.</p>
	</blockquote>
	<br>
	<h3>Load/Save</h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b> General</b></p>
	<blockquote>
	<p> <b>Load.</b> (allows settings to be the same from document to document
	-- not the same as templates, so make sure it is set. </p>
	<p><b>Edit document properties when saving. </b>This (allows you to choose
	what comments and information about you and what you have done to this document
	is saved with the document -- important for some people and completely irrelevant
	for others.</p>
	<p><b>Autosave every</b>. The default is once an hour (60 minutes), which
	is close to useless. I don't have an hour to redo if there is a power outage.
	I changed mine to 10 minutes for normal usage and drop it to five if the
	document I am working on is critical. If your memory is better than mine,
	you can leave it at 60 minutes and save manually every few minutes. </p>
	<p><b>Save optimization for XML format (no pretty printing). </b>XML is the
	native saved format. If you are printing from another program, you will
	want this turned off. </p>
	<p><b>Save URLs relative to. </b>Look in the "Help" section for information on relative and absolute referencing with a document - -- it could be important and depends very much on how you work. </p>
	<p><b>Standard file format.</b> Think about the kind of file you will normally
	be working on. For me, it is standard text. For some, it might be Presentation
	or spreadsheet. Best to start out with what you'd normally use. </p>
	<p><b>Always save as. </b>What do you do? If you work a lot on web pages,
	choose that format. If you trade documents with a Word user, choose that
	format. Do you use Rich Text Format (RTF)? Then choose that.</p>
	<p><b>VBA Properties.</b> Unless you absolutely never and never will interchange
	documents with a MS user, leave all of these checked.</p>
	<p><b>Microsoft Office.</b> Yes, you will likely need these. Better have them
	than discover after hours of frustration that this is where you look to
	have this capability.</p>
	<p><b>HTML Compatibility.</b> I don't often deal with web documents, so I
	just leave these alone. If you do, you might check them all, just to make
	sure you can find out what is going on in such a document, especially if
	you're writing one.</p>
	<p><b>Language Settings Language.</b> I assume your computer is set for your
	native or most frequently used language. If it is, leave "default" as the
	setting. If not, pick the language you use most often. Same for currency.
	My version does not include a Euro, but, if you get on the users list, you
	can ask and get a simple fix. Default languages for documents: Western is
	automatically selected (idea being that they all use modifications of the
	Latin alphabet). You have to specially select Asian support. Note that these
	have to be enabled on your system to work properly.</p>
	<p><b>Writing Aids.</b> This is where you can choose the kinds of dictionaries
	you want to use (hint: use them all), and edit them if you think you may
	have added an incorrect spelling. Be sure to check the options you want
	to have checked (base it on what mistakes you make).</p>
	<p><b>Internet: (Obvious) Proxy.</b> If you have a proxy server (firewall),
	check the appropriate settings. They will be the same you use to communicate
	with the Internet with other programs. </p>
	<p><b>DNS server:</b> Most Internet Service Providers (ISP's) will use an
	automatic connection. If you connect to a network where you work, you may
	likely want manual connection -- enter the DNS entry you use to connect.</p>
	<p><b>Search.</b> This is where you select your default Internet search engine.
	You will notice that all the options are included for each engine. Pick
	one from the list -- you can always choose another manually.</p>
	</blockquote>
	</blockquote>
	<br>
	<h3>Text Document</h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>GeneralUpdate</b>: Update Links when loading refers to Master Documents
	or documents with links to other documents, graphics or similar items. When
	you load a document, if you want to see the bare document (a waste of time
	with Master Documents, most of the time), then check "never." Otherwise, decide
	if you want to make a choice when you load (you can use Navigator to load
	only selected links), or load everything every time. Normally, you will want
	to Automatically load fields and charts, but choose based on how you work.
	</p>
	<p><b>Caption</b>: Lots of choices, especially if you want an identifying caption
	on each page. I don't so I don't use these. The "..." at the right is where
	you choose what kind of captions you might want to see. </p>
	<p><b>Measurement Units:</b> I use inches, but you can choose millemeters, picas
	or something else. Set tab stop measurements at the far right. You may have
	to experiment with this one until you get it where you want it. In normal
	typing, 5 spaces is 0.50", if that helps. </p>
	<p><b>Compatibility:</b> I set these per document, and leave these unchecked,
	but you can choose them for fixed settings in every document. Look at how
	you work to decide. If in doubt, check them and, if you don't like the look,
	uncheck them.</p>
	<p><b>View.</b> I like to see what I am doing, so I check everything except
	Large Handles, Vertical Ruler and Smooth Scroll. Get rid of anything you really
	don't care to see (just because you can see them does NOT mean they will print
	-- that is something you can choose in the document).</p>
	</blockquote>
	<br>
	<h3><b>Formatting Aids</b></h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>Display of.</b>This will show, on screen, such things as Paragraph marks,
	raised dots for spaces and so on -- way more than you'll likely want to see
	(and you can choose to see them within a document). If you always want to
	see something, select it here. Otherwise, only select it from the toolbar
	when you need to in a document. I choose custom hyphens and nothing else.
	</p>
	<p><b>Direct cursor.</b> A direct cursor allows you to put your mouse cursor
	somewhere and click and the cursor goes there. If it's after the end of the
	last entry, spaces and paragraph markers are entered up to the cursor position.
	This is a default selection that can be changed on the fly. I don't have it
	and select it on those rare occasions when I need it. </p>
	<p><b>Insert.</b> Sometimes programs will replace tabs with spaces, so I don't
	choose these automatic inserts except the first -- paragraph alignment. This
	depends very much on how you work and gives the "fill in" for the direct cursor
	when clicking beyond the end of the document. I leave color alone and enable
	the cursor in protected areas. I won't tell you how frustrated I was about
	one document where I could not edit within a text box because it was protected
	and I couldn't figure out what was wrong.</p>
	<p><b>Grid.</b> I don't use this, but sometimes it is very helpful to see a
	grid and to have characters and drawing objects fit flush with a grid position.
	You can define the grid any way you want. If you're not familiar with them,
	try them on a document or two (make them visible) and see how they might be
	of help.</p>
	<p><b>Basic Fonts (Western).</b> Select the fonts you want as defaults. I have
	no idea what Current document only means as it is not defined anywhere.</p>
	<p><b>Print.</b> What do you want to print when you print a document, which
	pages and how do you want them printed (reversed means last page first). Select
	"brochure" only if that is the main thing you are working on for a time --
	otherwise that is probably not what you want. Decide if you want notes printed
	(you can add notes to your document at any time or any point -- but you may
	or may not want them printed. I normally just want to see them on screen).
	These are NOT footnotes, which print like regular text (only you can have
	different formatting).</p>
	<p><b>Table.</b> If you are going to print tables, leave the default settings
	alone, at least at first. See what settings you have to change to get them
	right, then transfer them here as normal defaults. "Do not split" is very
	useful for large tables, especially if you add columns or rows and mess up.
	It is really a mess to go looking for part of a table that is mostly out of
	reach because it is split up. "Behavior or rows/columns" is really self-explanatory.
	Unless you want to have specialized treatment of numbers, leave all the Input
	in tables selections alone.</p>
	<p><b>Changes.</b> If you are making changes (especially for others to review),
	you want the original language to remain visible so everyone knows what was
	done. You choose this in the document, but here you choose how you want the
	changes to look. Pay close attention to "Lines changed" as this is the easiest
	clue to the changes when reviewing someone else's changes. Be sure where you
	want them marked -- where they are expected varies from company to company.</p>
	</blockquote>
	<br>
	<h3>HTML Document (This is the same as for Text Document except where indicated
	below) </h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>Source.</b> These are color clues and should be easy for you to distinguish
	on your monitor. Background: Most people want a uniform background on their
	web pages, and this is where you can set the background color. Other effects
	have to be set elsewhere.</p>
	</blockquote>
	<br>
	<h3>Spreadsheet</h3>
	<blockquote>
	<h4><b>General</b></h4>
	<blockquote>
	<p> <b>Metrics.</b> What measurements are you comfortable with? </p>
	<p><b>Updating.</b> Same as for text documents -- loading links can sometimes
	take a lot of time. </p>
	<p><b>Input Settings</b>. This is so personal that I hardly know how to suggest.
	Play with the default settings. If something irritates you (such as "How
	the @#$!! do I edit the entry"), then come back here and change it.</p>
	</blockquote>
	<p><b>View</b> </p>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>Visual Aids. </b>You want grids and page breaks -- I promise you. Later,
	you may want to eliminate them, but, if you're not sure, start with them.
	You can hide them if you wish, but they're a handy default. "Guides while
	moving" is amazingly handy, as well -- it lets you know where things will
	actually go. Objects: You will want to see them -- especially at first.
	</p>
	<p><b>Display.</b> Everything you see checked should stay checked until you've
	worked with spreadsheets for a while -- then you can come back and change
	some settings. (For example, "Outline symbols" were useful for a while,
	but later just got irritating for me, so I unchecked them, again.)</p>
	</blockquote>
	<h4><b>Calculate</b> </h4>
	<blockquote>
	<p><b>Iterative references. </b>Iterations is needed for certain recursive
	calculations (if you don't know what that is, you don't need it). My practice
	is to set a number at 50, run the iterations, note the output, run it again,
	check it and run it a final time. This lets me know if the formula is unstable
	or too slowly converging (this is for testing the formula). Then I can set
	the iterations at a reasonable level for the work I am doing (heavy statistical).
	I check all the items under Iterative references except "Precision as shown"
	as I normally use two places (five for some functions), but want maximum
	precision in each calculation. "Precision as shown" introduces some divergent
	errors -- again, if you don't know what I am talking about, you can't have
	any. On the right -- stick to the default date unless it produces errors,
	then try each of the others until you get correct dates. On some systems,
	you may need one of the other two. If most calculations will be monetary
	amounts, select two decimal places -- you can easily change it for any range
	of cells.</p>
	</blockquote>
	<p><b>Sort Lists</b>. Add any special lists you may have that don't reduce to
	alphabetical order.</p>
	<p><b>Changes</b>. "By author" lets you choose -- you CAN choose an automatic
	default color for each type of change, however.</p>
	<p><b>Grids.</b> If you do nothing else, synchronize axes. However, for some
	applications, this is NOT a good thing. Unselect it if you do not want your
	grids to be so rigid.</p>
	<p><b>Print</b>. Remember, some uses will often have blank sheets as part of
	the output and sometimes you will want to print only the sheets you have selected
	and not the entire document.</p>
	<p><b>Presentation</b>. The automatic defaults are pretty good. I have only
	a few comments on these:</p>
	<p><b>General.</b> Pay attention to the Unit of Measurement and tab stops. Note
	how you do your Presentations normally -- do you start with the current page
	or always with page one?</p>
	<p><b>View.</b> Look at Alternative display. Do you use any of these features?
	If not or if only rarely, leave them unselected. If you don't know what a
	Bezier editor is, don't select it except to experiment.</p>
	<p><b>Grids.</b> You really, REALLY want snap lines instead of a grid for most
	Presentations -- again, what do YOU do?</p>
	<p><b>Print</b>. The defaults are good, but think about your usual practice.</p>
	<p><b>Drawing.</b> (Same suggestions as for Presentation except that grid lines
	may be more useful here than in a Presentation).</p>
	<p><b>Formula.</b> Defaults are generally good, but consider "fit to page" and
	"scaling" if they come out looking poorly on a page.</p>
	<p><b>Chart.</b> All you can pick here are default colors.</p>
	<p><b>Data Source.</b> Don't mess with this unless you REALLY know what you
	are doing.</p>
	<p>Play around with things awhile before using "Configure." This is unique for
	each kind of document, spreadsheet and so on. This is where you would set
	the defaults for a particular document or for general usage -- such as key
	shortcuts and so on. Lots of choices and very much a matter of taste.</p>
	<p><b>Note</b>. When you've finished customizing the Options, it is always helpful to shut down the program and restart it just in case your machine does something unpleasant. That way, you're sure to have the settings the way you want them.</p>

	</blockquote>
	<br>
	<h3>One final suggestion</h3>
	<blockquote>
	<p> Learn to love the Help document. You can have it in a separate screen and
	get to it with Alt-Tab any time. At the left is an index you can use to find
	what you want. It is your friend. Keep it around a lot until you think you
	don't need it any more -- but never forget that it is there. It answers lots
	of questions to keep you from asking others for help that is at your fingertips.</p>
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