Ruler units:

You can select pixels, inches, centimeters or points. Pixels are recommended for maximum accuracy – Help & Manual handles all sizes internally in pixels and all other units must be converted.

Display a vertical ruler:

Display a vertical ruler to the left of the editor as well as a horizontal ruler.

Show paragraph and text marks in editor:

Show spaces:

Makes tabs, paragraph end marks and spaces visible in the editor. This can be useful for identifying formatting problems. Can also be switched on and off with in Write > Paragraph .

Custom DPI settings for text editor:

Changes the font size used to display text in the editor pane. This does not affect your output, it is only to make text easier to read while you are working. It can also help you to get an idea of what your text will look like on computers with larger fonts set in Windows.

This setting can also be changed with the DPI setting in the status bar at the bottom of the main Help & Manual program window.

Font settings for XML and HTML editors:

Allows you to select a different font for the XML source code editor and the HTML code editors used for HTML templates, HTML code objects etc.

Only fixed-space console fonts like Courier New or Lucida Console will look good in these editors.

Show strong table grid lines in edit mode:

Uses darker and slightly thicker grid lines to show the borders of tables. Can be useful to make tables more visible on some monitors.

Automatically detect URLs while typing text:

When this setting is active Internet URLs and email addresses will automatically be turned into Internet links as you type.

Auto-correct blanks in topic IDs:

Topic IDs containing blanks are invalid in many output formats so we strongly recommend leaving this option active.

Automatically manage topic bookmarks for every comment:

When this is selected creating a new comment automatically also creates a new bookmark for the current topic, using the beginning of the comment text as the bookmark label.

All the bookmarks will be listed in the Bookmarks tool but they will all link to the top of the topic. Deleting comments will also delete the linked bookmarks.

Apply status to new topics:

Choose a status (highlight color and name) to be applied to new topics automatically. Note that only the standard status settings (Needs Review, Out of Date, Under Construction) can be used for this. User-defined status settings are stored with your project, not with your program settings, and are thus not available here.

After changes set status to:

Automatically change the topic status to the value you specify after editing changes have been made.

Display color for read-only TOC items:

Sets a custom color for highlighting read-only topics and other items in the TOC. This is mainly relevant for multi-user editing and can make locked topics easier to identify in the TOC.