Introduction
Select Tools → Settings to configure various preferences. You can also view the full configuration set as an XML settings file and optionally use that for setting up other workstations. Some settings apply to new map windows or after restarting MYmap only. If a certain setting is not available in the edition activated, MYmap does not show the respective entry.
Settings In Detail
Self-explanatory settings are listed here but will not be described further.
Start
- Startup action: [Show tab »Start Center«; Show window »New«; Create new, empty map; Show application window only; Open most recently used map]
- When hovering over items in the »Access« pane, show a map preview: Shows a preview image when you point to the name of a map or modify the selection using the arrow keys in the Access task pane.
- Do not show trial edition chooser window on startup: Always launches trial copies of MYmap in Professional edition mode without asking for confirmation.
Map Editing
- Arrow navigation: [Structural; Structural, with wrapping; Geometrical (distance-minimizing)] Structural navigation follows the logical object structure and does not consider layout; the exact opposite is the case with geometrical navigation.
- Start caption editing mode on any keypress (not just F2): Allows you to replace the caption of a selected object by starting typing. In this case, clicking the mouse or pressing F2 is redundant, otherwise it is required.
- Show hover and selection animations (alpha glow, ant column): Uses animations to emphasize which object you point to (ant column) and which object is selected (blue, pulsating alpha glow).
- Switch to unobtrusive selection highlight when formatting objects: Replaces the blue, pulsating filled rectangle with a blue, pulsating border when you change the formatting. This allows you to better see e. g. changed colors.
- Show »collapse children« symbol in map: Shows the blue circle or the blue circle segment when you point to an object having twigs.
- Scroll document when moving objects at the border: Changes the visible portion of the map when you reach the border of the map area while moving an object.
- Auto-center after selection of partially visible objects: Changes the visible portion of the map when you select an object only partially visible.
- Default to raster
- Show dynamic help
Full Screen
- Hide menu bar
- Automatically show menu bar when mouse pointer hits top of screen
- Hide main toolbar
- Hide document tabs
- Hide task pane tabs
- Hide task pane (can be shown again manually)
Storage
- By default, compress XML map files (.iixmz instead of .iixml)
- Create backup files (.bak) when saving
- Save recycle bin contents with document
- Warn on missing or invalid engine signature: MYmap signs every map when saved. If another application creates a map or if you edit a map in an XML editor, there is no signature matching the map, and MYmap shows a warning notifying you of possible incompatibilities. If you disable the checkbox, MYmap will accept all maps matching the schema, even if the engine signature is missing or invalid, without request for confirmation.
- Suppress warning on newer build: Disables the warning MYmap shows by default when a map is opened that has been created using the same version (major, minor and revision), but a different build number. If major, minor or revision number are higher, MYmap always displays a warning.
- Auto save interval: Determines how often MYmap writes the map to temporary storage without explicit save command. After a power outage, system or application error, the temporary file can be restored.
Personal Profile
- Name, Organization, Department, E-Mail, Web site: Sets the name to be stored in meta data of newly created or edited maps and to be added to newly created comments.
- Add data to maps I have created (»Author« metadata)
- Add data to maps I have modified (»Editor« metadata)
Quality & Performance
- Text smoothing: [Antialiasing (recommended); ClearType (highest quality, may decrease performance on slow systems; Disabled (not recommended); Use settings specified in Windows Control Panel]
- Use antialiasing for smooth drawing (recommended): Avoids jagged display of branch lines.
- Use double-buffering for flicker-free display (recommended): This feature should be enabled at all times. Disable this checkbox only for debugging purposes when asked by eminec Customer Support.
Language
- Language: By default, MYmap sets the language of its user interface to match the one of the operating system. This setting allows you to override the automatic selection, e. g. making it possible to use MYmap in German on an English version of Windows.
Licensing
- Change License Number: Allows you to enter a different license number, which might be required for different reasons, e. g. after upgrading the edition.