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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">User Interface Preferences dialog</div>
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               <p class="para_td">Overview</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_ui_op.html');return(false);">Options</a> 
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               <p class="para_td"> <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_ui_r.html');return(false);">Related Topics</a></p>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">The <b class="uiTerm">User Interface Preferences</b> dialog customizes how NX works and interacts to specifications you set. You can do the following: 
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            <p class="para_item">Set the number of decimal places (precision) that NX uses for both input text fields and data displayed in the Information window.</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Set the appearance of the NX session (windows), position and behavior or the resource bar. </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Control the location, size and visibility status of the main window, graphics display, and Information window.   </p>
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            <p class="para_item">Set macro options and enable a confirmation dialog for Undo operations. </p>
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      <p class="para_topic">To access the <b class="uiTerm">User Interface Preferences</b> dialog, choose <b class="uiTerm">Preferences</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">User Interface</b>.  The <b class="uiTerm">User Interface Preferences</b> dialog contains the following tabs:
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_ui_general_t.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">General</b> option page</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_ui_layout_op.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Layout</b> option page</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_ui_macro_op.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Macro</b> option page</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_ui_journal_t.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">Journal</b> option page</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('customizing_nx/prf_ui_cus_usrtools_op.html');return(false);"><b class="uiTerm">User Tools</b> option page</a></p>
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      <div class="title_division">State File</div>
      <p class="para_division">When you exit NX, it automatically saves the &quot;state&quot; of your NX windows in a file. &quot;State&quot; specifically refers to the position of the dialogs, the size and location of the graphics and background windows, and the user tools and toolbars that were loaded with their screen positions.</p>
      <p class="para_division">For UNIX systems, NX names the file &quot;ug&lt;version&gt;.reg&quot; and places it in your $HOME directory.</p>
      <p class="para_division">For Windows systems, NX saves the settings in the registry.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Registry (Windows)</div>
      <p class="para_division">On Windows systems, the registry is used to store the Information dialogs, windows, toolbars and user tools.</p><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="prf_ui_general_t.html">General option page</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="prf_ui_layout_op.html">Layout option page</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="prf_ui_macro_op.html">Macro option page</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="prf_ui_journal_t.html">Journal option page</a><br><a class="endOfDocLinks" href="prf_ui_cus_usrtools_op.html">User Tools option page</a><br></body>
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