User Preferences - General

The Preferences dialog allows you to set user-default values for some GS+ behaviors. There are three categories available – General settings (as described here), settings for Data File Import, and settings for Analyses.

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Reset

The Reset command returns all user-default values on this tab only to original (GS+ defined) default values. To reset all values on all tabs, use the Global Reset command.

Missing Value Indicator

Specify the value used by GS+ to indicate that a value is missing. Missing values are ignored during data builds and subsequent analyses.

Window background color

Change the background color of the main GS+ window. The default color is the color of your desktop. Click on the color panel to change the color.

Default graph background color

Change the default Graph background color by clicking on the color panel. Default values can be overridden for individual graphs using the Graph Settings dialog.

Show tips

Display short explanations of commands and input boxes when mouse hovers over buttons and boxes.

Put Z Name in Window Title

Puts the name of the Z variate in the title bar of specific windows.

Show all warnings

Display warning messages even though you may have earlier elected to turn off warnings on some warning dialog screens where there is a “Do not show this message again” check box; when you choose to Show all warnings these messages are again shown.

Places Past Decimal

For different types of variates, allow GS+ to format values automatically or specify directly the number of places past the decimal to report in windows and printouts. All calculations are performed on double-precision values regardless of the values requested here.

Global Reset

Sets all user-default values on all tabs to original (GS+ defined) default values.

Cancel

Cancel preference changes and close window.

Save/Exit

Close window and keep preference changes.