Set General Appearance Preferences

You can specify the settings that affect the general appearance and behavior of the text editors. You can also specify the color and font settings used in the text editors.

To set the appearance preferences

1. Select Window, Preferences.

   The Preferences dialog opens.

2. Expand General and select Appearance.

   The Preferences dialog opens the Appearance page.

3. Check the Override presentation settings box. This action invokes the Editor tab positions, View tab positions, Perspective switcher positions, and other fields. Edit the default settings for these fields, if required:
   • Editor tab positions

     Changes the location of the tabs in the Program Listing area. Possible values are as follows:

     • Top

       Indicates that the tabs for individual program listings will appear at the top of the Program Listing area.

     • Bottom

       Indicates that the tabs for individual program listings will appear at the bottom of the Program Listing area.

     Default: Top

   • View tab positions

     Changes the location of tabs in all views.

     • Top

       Indicates that the tabs for individual views will appear at the top of the view.

     • Bottom

       Indicates that the tabs for individual views will appear at the bottom of the view.

     Default: Top

   Note: CA SymDump does not support the following fields and options. CA is not responsible for any results should you use these fields.

   • Current Presentation
   • Perspective switcher positions
   • Show text on the perspective bar
   • Current theme
   • Show traditional style tabs
   • Enable animations
   • Use mixed fonts and colors for labels
4. Click Apply to save the settings.
5. Click OK.

CA SymDump saves the changes and closes the Preferences dialog. The changes are used in all succeeding logon sessions unless you change the preferences again.

Note: You can restore the default configuration settings anytime on the Preferences dialog. To restore the default settings, click Restore Defaults, click Apply, and then click OK.