Specifies settings, such as updating links and the units
of measurement to be used in documents.
To access the General preferences,
click .
- Always update links
- Specifies whether links are always updated when loading a document.
- Update links only on request
- Specifies whether links are only updated on request when loading
a document.
- Never update links
- Specifies that links are not updated when loading a document.
- Automatically update fields
- Specifies whether to automatically update fields, such as page
numbers, when loading a document.
- Automatically update charts
- Specifies whether to automatically update charts when loading
a document. This option is automatically activated when Automatically
update fields is selected.
- Measurement unit
- Specifies the unit of measurement used for documents. You can
select from millimeter, centimeter, inch, pica or point.
- Tab stops
- Specifies the spacing between individual tab stops. The horizontal
ruler displays the selected spacing.
- Save documents with soft page breaks
- A soft page break is a page break that can occur between paragraphs,
within paragraphs and also between and in table rows. As a result,
they can be disruptive to assistive technology tools, such as screen
readers. This option is cleared by default.
- The soft page break feature is only applicable to ODF format files.
It is only enabled when you save the documents as an .odt file.