General Options

The general options control several general settings.

Prompt for Unsaved Changes

When this option is selected Author-it prompts you to confirm closing an object without saving changes if changes were made.

Show Open Library Dialog at Startup

When this option is turned ON, Author-it displays the Open Library dialog when Author-it opens. This lets you quickly choose a recently opened Library to work with.

Automatically Login to Library

When this option is selected Author-it attempts to automatically login to the library you are opening using the last User ID and Password. If the login is not successful then the Library Login dialog is displayed.

Autosave Objects

This option allows you to specify how often, in minutes, Author-it will save all open objects. Setting this option to "0" (zero) disables the autosave.

Measurement Units

This option allows you to specify your preferred measurement unit used by the Ruler in the Topic Editor.

You can choose from:

• Inches
• Centimeters
• Millimeters
• Points
• Picas

Paste Pictures, Save As

When you copy a graphic to the clipboard and paste it directly into a Topic, Author-it uses this setting to determine the format the graphic will be embedded as. Choose from:

• Graphics Interchange Format (*.gif)
• Windows Bitmap (*.bmp)
• Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
• JPEG File Interchange Format (*.jpg, *.jpeg)
• Windows Metafile (*.wmf)