Difference between revisions of "Options Menu"
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− | This menu item opens the [[Preferences Dialog]]. | + | This menu item opens the ''Advanced'' section of the [[Preferences Dialog]]. |
{{Note| You can also open this dialog window by right clicking (Mac OS: Ctrl‐click) on the | {{Note| You can also open this dialog window by right clicking (Mac OS: Ctrl‐click) on the | ||
[[Graphics View]] or [[Spreadsheet View]] and selecting ''Graphics ...'' and ''Spreadsheet Options'' respectively.}} | [[Graphics View]] or [[Spreadsheet View]] and selecting ''Graphics ...'' and ''Spreadsheet Options'' respectively.}} |
Revision as of 11:15, 18 June 2013
Global options may be changed in the menu Options.
Algebra Descriptions
You can set how will objects be represented in Algebra View with this item. There are three possibilities:
- Value
- show current value of the object.
- Definition
- show user-friendly description of the object, e.g. "Intersection of a and b."
- Command
- show the command that was used to create the object, e.g. "Intersect[a,b]".
Point Capturing
This menu item offers four different options for points:
- Automatic
- turns point capturing On when the grid or the coordinate axes are shown, and Off when both are hidden.
- Snap to Grid
- when a point is close enough to an intersection of lines of the grid, it will align to it.
- Fixed to Grid
- a point can be placed only on the intersections of lines of the grid.
- Off
- no capturing is applied to the point.
Rounding
This menu item allows you to set the number of decimal places or significant figures displayed on screen.
Labeling
You can specify whether the label of a newly created object should be shown or not. You can choose between the settings All New Objects, No New Objects, New Points Only, and Automatic.
Font Size
This menu item determines the font size for labels and text in points (pt).
Language
GeoGebra is multilingual and allows you to change the current language setting. This affects all input including command names and all output.
Advanced
This menu item opens the Advanced section of the Preferences Dialog.
Save Settings
GeoGebra remembers your favorite settings (e. g., settings in the Options menu, current Toolbar and Graphics View settings) if you select Save settings in the Options menu.
Restore Default Settings
You can restore the default settings of GeoGebra using this menu item.