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Publicon
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Preferences
Introduction
The Option Inspector
Many aspects of Publicon's default application settings and individual selection settings, such as the styles of cells, the appearance of documents, or the parameters used in typesetting, are controlled by preferences. For example, text attributes such as size, font, and color each correspond to a separate preference. You can set preferences by using the Option Inspector.
The Option Inspector is a special tool for viewing and modifying preference settings. It provides a comprehensive listing of all preferences grouped according to their function. You can specify not only the setting for an preference, but also the level at which it will take effect, i.e. globally, for an entire document, or for a selection.
To use the Option Inspector, click Edit 
Preferences.... This brings up a dialog box with two pop-up menus on top. The pop-up menu on the right allows you to choose if you want the preferences listed by category, alphabetically, or as text. The pop-up menu on the left specifies the level at which preferences will take effect.
Warning: Any changes applied by this dialog may affect the results of various Publicon export processes or interface and automatic formatting behaviors. Modify application preferences and document settings with caution, but it's always preferable to alter aspects of document and cell formatting via a customized style sheet. The option inspector can be used to edit style definitions.
Note: There are many references to "front end" in the Option Inspector documentation. This is a term borrowed from Mathematica, and refers to the user interface in general. Mathematica's user interface functions separately from its computational component (called the "kernel"), whereas both components are integrated into Publicon as a whole. We strongly recommend avoiding any settings that apply to the kernel, but even front end settings should be left as they are.
