Difference between revisions of "Setting User Preferences"

Latest revision as of 01:17, 27 May 2017

A screenshot of the System Preferences window.

User Preferences Window.

The Preferences window allows you to control the user interface settings for various IMSMA systems.

Click Customisation > User Preferences to open the User Preferences window.
Select from the following options:

Show Confirm Close dialog enables or disables the warning window asking for confirmation whenever you Log Out of IMSMA.
Show Location Information displays or hides the Location and Country Structure information fields on the Summary Window.
Show Geo Search Help dialog displays or hides a prompt explaining the map lasso tool whenever you click the button during a Search by Map Area.

To confirm your changes, click the OK button. To undo your changes, click the Cancel button.

It is also possible for each user to decided which columns to see in the Items Pane and List Window by using the column picker.

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+[[File:SystemPreferences.png|thumb|300px|alt=A screenshot of the System Preferences window.|User Preferences Window.]]
 <p>The Preferences window allows you to control the user interface settings for various IMSMA systems.</p>
-<p>set the system preferences:</p>
 <ol>
-<li>From the Customisation menu, select '''Preferences'''.</li>
+<li>Click '''Customisation > User Preferences''' to open the User Preferences window.</li>
-:The Preferences window displays.
+<li>Select from the following options:</li>
+* '''Show Confirm Close dialog''' enables or disables the warning window asking for confirmation whenever you [[Log out of IMSMA|Log Out of IMSMA]].
+* '''Show Location Information''' displays or hides the Location and Country Structure information fields on the [[Summary Window]].
+* '''Show Geo Search Help dialog''' displays or hides a prompt explaining the map lasso tool whenever you click the [[Image:GeoSearchIcon.png | GeoSearch]] button during a [[Search by Map Area|Search by Map Area]].
+<li>To confirm your changes, click the '''OK''' button. To undo your changes, click the '''Cancel''' button.</li>
 </ol>
-[[Image:SystemPreferences.png|center|''Preferences Window'']]
+It is also possible for each user to decided which columns to see in the [[Items Pane]] and [[List Window]] by using the [[Select Display Columns | column picker]].
-<div align="center">
+{{NavBox Working with IMSMA}}
-''Preferences Window''
+[[Category:NAA]]
-</div>
-<ol start="2">
-<li>Check or uncheck any of the systems preferences:</li>
-* '''Show Confirm Close dialog''' – Enables or disables the warning window asking for confirmation whenever a user logs out of IMSMA. For more information, refer to How to log out of IMSMA.
-* '''Show Location Information''' – Displays or hides the Location and Country Structure information fields from current and custom views. For more information, refer to Current view windows.
-* '''Show Geo Search Help dialog''' – Displays or hides a prompt whenever the user clicks the [[Image:GeoSearchIcon.png | GeoSearch]] button. This prompt explains how to select a map area with the lasso tool for use in the search. For more information, refer to [[HowTo:Search by Map Area|Search by Map Area]].
-* '''Show Task Geodata''' – Displays or hides the geospatial data tab on the Tasks window. For more information, refer to Geospatial Data tab.
-<li>To confirm your changes, click the '''OK''' button. To undo your changes, click the '''Cancel''' button.</li>
-</ol>