[[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>
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<li>From the Customisation menu, select Click '''Customisation > User Preferences'''to open the User Preferences window.</li><li>Select from the following options:The Preferences </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''' displaysor 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>
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[[Image:SystemPreferences.png|center|''Preferences Window'']]<div align="center">''Preferences Window''</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 It is also possible for confirmation whenever a each user logs out of IMSMA. For more information, refer to decided which columns to see in the [[HowTo:Log out of IMSMA|Log out of IMSMAItems Pane]].* '''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 List Window]].* '''Show Geo Search Help dialog''' – Displays or hides a prompt whenever the user clicks by using the [[Image:GeoSearchIcon.png Select Display Columns | GeoSearchcolumn picker]] button. This prompt explains how to select a map area {{NavBox Working with the lasso tool for use in the search. For more information, refer to IMSMA}}[[HowToCategory:Search by Map Area|Search by Map AreaNAA]].* '''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>
