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Setting BeyondPress Preferences

Using the Preferences dialog box

Open the Preferences dialog box by clicking Preferences Prefbtn on the Document Content palette (Authoring or Conversion Mode), by choosing Extensis>BeyondPress>Preferences, or press Command+Control+Y (Macintosh) or Control+Alt+Y (Windows).

The Preferences dialog box has the following characteristics:

* Clicking an icon in the left column (Macintosh) or clicking a tab (Windows) specifies which of the 13 preference panels to display.

* The Revert Panel button affects only the current panel.

* A Factory, Import, or Append button on each panel lets you use preferences from another source. See "Importing or Appending BeyondPress Preferences" below for more information.

* The OK and Cancel buttons accept or reject changes made to all panels in the BeyondPress Preferences dialog box.

* Clicking Help Help in the upper right corner displays the corresponding BeyondPress Documentation page to guide you through the preferences panels.

Importing or Appending BeyondPress Preferences

Depending on the type of information in a Preferences panel, you can either import or append preferences from another source.

* The Import button (in the Export, Layout, Web Page, Font Names, Site, Image, Table, and List panels) lets you import preferences for the current panel. Imported preferences replace the existing preferences.

* The Append button (in the Mapping and Styles panels) lets you add style sheet mapping and Master Styles to the current panel. Appended items are added to existing items in the list.

Note: To append style sheet mapping, append any Master Styles used in the mapping first. If you append Master Styles with the same name as those in your list, a dialog box lets you rename the appended Master Styles.

* You can automatically import and append preferences for all the panels in one step by Option-clicking an Import or Append button.

* The Application and About panels have a Factory button that lets you import the preference settings that ship with BeyondPress.

You can import or append preferences from:

* Another document that you have prepared for export with BeyondPress.

* Default Preferences, which are the defaults you set when no documents are open.

* Factory Preferences, which are the preference settings that ship with BeyondPress.

Saving BeyondPress Preferences

BeyondPress Preferences are saved as follows:

* When you modify BeyondPress Preferences with no documents open, you are creating your Default Preferences. The Default Preferences are saved in the BeyondPress Preferences file in your System Folder. You can share your BeyondPress Preferences file with other BeyondPress users to ensure the same defaults. Default Preferences are used for all new Web pages created in Authoring Mode and documents whose contents have not been listed by BeyondPress in Conversion Mode.

* When you modify BeyondPress Preferences with a document open (in Conversion Mode, with a Content List), changes to BeyondPress Preferences are saved with the document.

* Application Preferences are saved only in the BeyondPress Preferences file.



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Setting Preferences

Application Preferences

Export Preferences

Layout Preferences

Web Page Preferences

Font Names Preferences

Media Preferences

Site Preferences

Mapping Preferences

Font Size Preferences

Master Styles Preferences

Image Preferences

Table Preferences

List Preferences