About AbiWord About Open Source Index Contents What's New Check Version Introduction Installation Getting Started The Workspace Entering Text Formatting Edit Commands Paragraphs Styles Inserting Objects Printing Preferences Shortcuts abisource.com FAQ Credits Search |  | ## Preferences Features that are can be customised are found under "Options... " in the "Tools" menu. These include:
| Spelling
| Preference Schemes
| View
The "Option..." window contains four buttons:
| "Save" | Saves the preferences so they will stay set even after you restart of AbiWord.
| "Defaults" | Restores the default options of AbiWord.
| "OK" | Validates the changes; but these changes will not be saved. You will have to reset them when you next restart Abiword.
| "Cancel" | Does not implement any modifications.
#### Spelling: There are several options which can be checked or unchecked:
| Check spelling as you type | -- Automatic spell checking
| Ignore words in UPPERCASE | -- Does not spell check words in uppercase
| Ignore words with numbers | -- Does not spell check words containing numbers
The other options are grayed out as they have not yet been implemented in AbiWord. This applies to the Dictionnary, Edit and Reset options. #### Preference Schemes: Check the "Automatically save this Scheme" to save your AbiWord preferences. If, for example, you have hidden the ruler, it will remain hidden when you next start AbiWord. The " Current Scheme Preferences " field makes it possible to define several types of preferences. The other preferences are grayed out as they have not yet been implemented in AbiWord. #### View: View has two sections, "Show/Hide..." and "View...", with lists of options that can be checked or unchecked.
| Ruler | -- Displays or hides the ruler
| Cursor blink | -- Makes the cursor blink or stay constant.
The "units" field selects the measuring unit used for the ruler. Click on the small arrow on the right of the "units" field to select inches, centimetres, pixels or picos. The other preferences are grayed out as they have not yet been implemented in AbiWord.