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<p>Preferences may be set from within Arboreal via a dialog
(<b>File/Preferences</b>). Changes go into effect immediately; there
is no need to restart Arboreal.<sup><a href="#fn1">[1]</a></sup> The
preferences dialog looks like this:</p>
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<h3>&quot;General&quot; tab</h3>

<p><b>N.B.:</b> Brief explanations of the settings are provided by tooltips that
appear if you move the mouse over the field labels.</p>

<ul>
<li><b>Font name</b>: the font to use (e.g., <code>Arial Unicode
MS</code>); <b>size</b>: the default font size (in points), for text
in both the tree and the content pane (defaults to
<code>14</code>).<p>

<li><b>Script base</b>: the base URL for the dictionary and
server-based term facilities; use
<code>http://archimedes.fas.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/</code> to access the
the Harvard server, or use <code>http://localhost/cgi-bin/</code> if
you've installed the dictionary facility locally.<p>

<li><b>Default catalog</b>: if this is set, Arboreal will load the
specified catalog file at startup. Catalog files may always be loaded
manually with <b>File/Load catalog.</b></p>

<li><b>Default language</b>: the language assumed as the default for
documents where no language is specified explicitly. See further <a
href="lang.html">language documentation</a>).<p>
</ul>

<h3>&quot;Colors&quot; tab</h3>

<p>Colors for various types of highlighting can be chosen
interactively with a color picker.</p>

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<p><font size="-1"><a name="fn1"></a>1. Preferences are stored in the
<code>properties.xml</code> file in the <code>arboreal</code>
directory: i.e., the directory called <code>arboreal</code> or
<code>.arboreal</code> in your home directory. (On single-user Windows
platforms your &quot;home directory&quot; is normally considered to be

<code>C:\WINDOWS</code>.)</font></p>
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