Setting appearance preferences

You use the Appearance page of the Preferences window to specify default fonts, color scheme, and strings for displaying and entering special values. On the page, you can also select saving custom window size.

About this task

To set the appearance preferences:

Procedure

  1. Select View > Preferences. The Preferences window opens. Select Appearance from the tree.
  2. In the Default Fonts area, define the font type for headings and columns of query results, classic reports.
  3. Specify a string in the Display null values as field that QMF will use to display null values that are retrieved from a database data source.
  4. Specify a string in the Enter null values as field that you will use when you enter null values in the query results or in database tables using the table editor.
  5. Specify a string in the Enter default values as field that you will use when you enter default values in the query results or in database tables using the table editor.
  6. Select from the Color scheme in text editors drop-down list what type of color scheme will be supported in the text editors. In most instances you will choose QMF to specify that the default color schemes used by the text editors are acceptable. If you will be working in high contrast mode, you will have to select System default.
  7. If you use a high definition display, select the Display large icons check box in the Icon Size area to double the size of all the icons.
  8. If you customize the size and position of the windows in the application and want to save these changes, in the Window Size area, select Save custom window size and position check box. To revert your changes, clear the check box.
  9. Click Apply to save your preferences choices.
  10. Click Restore Defaults to restore the default preference values.
  11. Click Apply and Close to close the Preferences dialog box.