IBM Lotus Symphony


Setting view preferences for Lotus Symphony Documents

You can define the default settings for displaying objects in your documents and also the default settings for the window elements.

Guides

Specifies settings that refer to the representation of boundaries.

Guides while moving
Displays guides around the frames when frames are moved. You can select the Guides while moving option to show the exact position of the object using lineal values.
Simple handles
Displays the handles (the eight points on a delimiting rectangle) as simple squares without 3D effect.
Large handles
Displays larger sized handles (the eight points on a delimiting rectangle).

View

Specifies whether scroll bars and rulers are displayed.

Horizontal scroll bar
Displays the horizontal scroll bar.
Vertical scroll bar
Displays the vertical scroll bar.
Ruler
Enables the rulers. Use the following two check boxes to select the ruler(s) to be shown.
Horizontal ruler
Displays the horizontal ruler. Select the desired measurement unit from the corresponding list.
Vertical ruler
Displays the vertical ruler. Select the desired measurement unit from the corresponding list.
Right-aligned
These commands can only be accessed after you enable support for Asian languages in File > Preferences > Symphony > Language Settings > Languages - Languages.
Aligns the vertical ruler with the right border.
Smooth scroll
Activates the smooth page scrolling function. The scrolling speed depends of the area and of the color depth display.

Display

Defines which document elements are displayed.

Graphics and objects
Specifies whether to display graphics and objects on the screen. If these elements are hidden, you will see empty frames as placeholders.
Tables
Displays the tables contained in your document.
To display the table boundaries, right-click any table and select Show Table Boundaries.
Drawings and controls
Displays the drawings and controls contained in your document.
Field codes
Displays the field names in the document instead of the contents of the fields. You can also choose View - Fields in a text document.
Comments
Displays comments. Click a comment to edit the text. Use the context menu in Navigator to locate or delete a comment. Use the comment's context menu to delete this comment or all comments or all comments of this author.

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