Preferences

Open Preferences

The Preferences window is found under Artboard > in the main menu. The menu is tabbed for Editing, Performance, Options and Switches preferences.

Editing

Auto-activate drawing layer when selecting tool
When a tool is selected when a non-editable layer (or locked layer) is the active layer, Ortelius will auto-activate an editable drawing layer if necessary when selecting a tool.

On-path points have priority when editing paths
When points on a curve are stacked with the curve handles, curve handles will be under points on path when editing such that the ease of grabbing and moving points and drawing straight segments is enhanced; holding the CMND key enables grabbing the curve handles.

Allow inline images in text boxes
Images can be dropped into text boxes from the Image Browser, becoming in-line with other text.

Display feedback window when dragging objects
Displays page coordinates or object dimensions as object is dragged or resized.

Record up to __ undoable operations
Sets the number of undo operations available when using the Undo command (the default is 24).

Performance

Faster, lower quality drawing when zooming and scrolling
Enables automatic use of low-quality rendering during operations that require rapid redrawing, such as zooming and scrolling, to speed performance.

Anti-aliasing
Turning off anti-aliasing preference improves performance while editing large files.

Shadows
Turning off shadows preference improves performance while editing large files.

Options

Show template chooser when launching application
Template chooser opens automatically on application launch.

Enable crash detection and feedback reporting
When enabled, Artboard will look for crash reports from last session. If a prior crash is detected, user is presented with option to send crash report to Mapdiva, LLC to help improve the stability of the software.

Center drawing in window when zoomed out
Zoom out centers drawing, otherwise drawing is placed in upper left portion of window.

Option – scrollwheel zooms drawing
Allows magnification of the view to be changed using Option + scrollwheel. Option to invert scrollwheel zoom direction changes sense of scrollwheel zooming.

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