Set preferences


   Choose Info from the main menu.       Choose Preferences from the Info menu.       Choose the preferences you want in the panel.      Click OK to save preferences, Revert to display the preferences last saved, or Factory to display the preference values provided when the application was installed.


General Preferences

Document Options

Document directory indicates the default directory where WriteUp documents are opened and saved, i.e. when you click the open command, the Open Panel will display this directory, and when you Save a new document, the Save Panel will display this directory.  To use the default open/save panel behavior and bypass this feature, delete the text in this field.
Template directory indicates the directory where WriteUp templates are opened and saved.  If this preference is not set, the default directory is ~/Library/WriteUp/Templates.
Template for new indicates the template file to open when creating a new document.  You can set the value by clicking on the Set button.
Autosave every indicates the time, in minutes, documents with changes will be automatically saved since the last autosave.
Other document options allow you to indicate
whether a new document is created every time you launch the application from the Workspace
whether graphics, by default, have a black line drawn around them
whether graphics, by default, have a fill
whether to create a backup file every time you save
whether new document display their margin lines
whether new documents display their ruler

Document format indicates the format that document are saved in when you click on Document Save.  By default, this application lets you save in its native format Format, rtf, rtfd, or ASCII.  Other formats are available through AFSDocumentFilter document services.  This preference is most useful if you need to share documents with users of other word processors like MSWord, Edit, and WordPerfect.

Application Options

You can set the set of commands your Function keys are mapped to.
You can set the default units, e.g. inches, points, that your document works with
You can tell WriteUp to remember the position of its different panels when you quit WriteUp.  If you always want the position of the panel to be the same, set this on, set up your panels, quit, restart and set this preference off.

Text Preferences

Text Options:

You can choose the font you want to use in new documents by clicking the Set... button for text Font. Then choose the font you want in the Font Panel and click Set in that panel.
Other text options allow you to indicate
the default language used by the application
whether hyphenation is turned on for new documents
whether smart text is turned on for new documents.
whether ligatures are used for new documents.
whether hanging punctuation is turned on for new documents.

Formatting Options:

You can select one of the standard settings for the Date command or type in your own format string.
You can select one of the standard settings for Time command or type in your own format string.
You can set the character at which decimal tabs will align.


See also

Define local keymaps
Importing documents
Create a new document
Templates
Set a new font
Date and time formats
Create decimal tabs
Smart text