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Screen Preferences
Platform specific application and screen settings are defined here. On the Amiga, ''Screen Preferences'' will open the MUI Preferences for PageStream. Other platforms now provides an interface to select the display DPI, which allows for correcting the aspect ratio or size of the PageStream measurements. While most systems will report a display's dots per inch, it is rarely accurate.
The information below is simply how it previously worked on the Amiga. It would be wise to include some of these ex-Amiga specific controls on other platforms. Some of these can be controlled via preference items on some platforms, such as fonts and dialog box centering.
- Type: Choose the type of screen on which to open PageStream. Choose Workbench to run PageStream on the Workbench screen. Choose New Public to create a new, custom, public screen. Choose Existing Public to run PageStream on an existing public screen, and enter the name of the screen into the associated text box. New Public is the preferred screen for using PageStream because PageStream can use all of the colors of the screen, unless you open other applications on the screen.
- Mode: Click to open the Screen Mode requester if New Public is chosen from the Type pop-up menu. Choose a screen mode from those available. If you enter a size larger than the physical screen, PageStream will create an autoscrolling virtual screen. If you create a screen that is too small for PageStream's interface, PageStream will force the creation of an autoscrolling virtual screen. Set the number of colors to a value between 4 and the maximum supported by your Amiga. If you have CyberGraphX installed with a compatible graphic card, PageStream can be used in modes of up to 16 million colors. The number of colors on screen does not affect how your documents will be printed.
- Font: Click to open the Screen Font requester. Choose the AmigaOS font to use for PageStream's menus, window titles, and requester titles; the font is only used for requester titles, not requester control labels.
- Display DPI: Enter the resolution of your monitor. Standard NTSC displays are 65x55 dpi (dots per inch), whereas standard PAL displays are 65x70 dpi. If you have modified your screen setup, use a large screen monitor, or have a graphic card in your Amiga, you may need to alter these values. To determine the values to use, measure the height and width of the visible display with a ruler, and convert this value to inches, if required. Divide the number of pixels horizontally and vertically by this value to find the display DPI. Enter the results into the X and Y text boxes.
- Center windows on screen: Select to center requesters on the visible screen. This is useful for virtual screens, but you may need to deselect this option if you use a graphics card.
- Show free memory: Select to display the total amount of free memory at the top of the PageStream screen. The memory, date and time display is a separate window which is always shown on top of other windows on the screen. You should not use these options if you run PageStream on a Workbench screen narrower than 800 pixels, because their display will conflict with the Workbench title display.
- Show date: Select to display the date at the top of the PageStream screen.
- Show time: Select to display the time at the top of the PageStream screen.
Screen Preferences Sub-Section url:PGSuser/customizing#anchor532590
created:2006-04-22 14:02:17 last updated:2010-03-31 10:57:31
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| Deron Kazmaier wrote... | 2010-03-31 10:45:20 |
From Theo: If you having trouble with the font (size) you can change it with a text editor in PageStream5.ini (can be found at C:\Users\AccountName\AppData\Roaming\PageStream5 for Windows 7 and probably Vista, and on XP at: C:\Documents and Settings\AccountName\Application Data\PageStream5. Where AccountName is the name you logged in, in Windows). In PageStream5.ini you can add the next line: DEFAULTFONTSPEC Tahoma,16 The 16 is the font size. Just add this line somewhere in the text (on a new line). The text in the menu won't change in size (and some palettes: Documents, Colors!!!), but the rest does. And the text in the Navigator (Tip) is even better (Tahoma shows more characters than the default font, at least in Windows XP). | |
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