Customising

Preferences

Preferences allow you to control the look and behaviour of your FirstClass Client.

The defaults should suit most people, but you may wish to make some alterations to suit your individual needs.

There are six tabs General, Calendaring, Content, Viewing, Messaging and Web which you can set Preferences on.

You can explore these tabs for changes, but the most commonly edited Preferences are covered below.

To open the Preferences panel

1. From the Menu toolbar select Edit> Preferences from menu. The Preferences panel will open as shown in Figure 1
   
   

   Figure 1 - Preferences

   • Once you have altered any of the Preferences you want (some of these are described below)
2. Click on Apply
3. Click on OK
4. Close the Preferences window

Content

The Content tab has two sub-sections Edit and View.

Edit

The Edit section allows you to set the Font, Size and text colour of mails you compose, these options will be used on all mails whether addressed to a Conference or other FirstClass Users.

It also contains the Spell Check options, including the option to automatically check every message before sending by ticking the box.

View

The View section allows you to alter the display size of the messages, images etc. by altering the Content zoom - increasing it above 100% will make everything appear larger than the original and decreasing it will make everything smaller than the original.

It also contains options relating to the display of Quoted text in message replies. Further information about quoting text can be found in the Reply with Quote part of the Private Mail section.

Viewing

The Viewing tab allows you to display only unread items.

Tip - Warning about Show Only Unread Items

It also allows you to change the view to appear similar to other e-mail systems using the Client interface drop down menu.

Messaging

The Messaging tab has five sub-sections Mail Rules, Signature, Chat, Paging and Voice.

Please note that the Voice section will not be available for most Users.

Mail Rules

The Mail Rules section allows you to set up an automatic reply to an item sent to your maiklbox or an automatic forward of items from your mailbox to another e-mail address.

Tip - Using Auto Forwarding

Signature

The Signature section allows you to set up a signature with the option for this to be automatically added to every message you send or as a manual process to certain messages.

Chat

The Chat section allows you to refuse all chat invitations automatically and to turn off chat sounds.

Paging

The Paging section allows you to forward items to an enabled paging system.

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