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User preferences help to set default values and adjust preference values that are used in various product features. User preferences window can be opened from the Preferences icon button in the lower left hand corner. It can also be opened from the Window → User Preference menu item. Preference window contains several tabs: General, Capture, Annotations, Clip Art, Shortcuts, Integrations, and Advanced. Each of the tab covers preferences for a group of related product features. In the following, each tab and associated preferences are explained in detail.
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General
Common preferences are group under general tab. Main properties and the descriptions are outlined below:
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| Username | Name of the user using the software. By default, name is obtained from the Windows username. This can be changed to reflect the full real name. This name is used as the email sender name, author name in PowerPoint presentations and in other relevant places. |
| Language | Supported languages are listed here. Depending on the purchased product, language may be restricted. By default it is set to English. |
| Open Tab Limit | This limits the number of open tabs in the main display area. Each tab corresponds to a captured screen/image in the application. When the limit is reached, any new capture will close the oldest tab and opens a new tab with the newly captured image. Any new capture show up in the left most tab. |
| Auto Save Interval(min) | GetPixit automatically saves images when tabs are switched or on the application close. However, when working on an image, changes get auto saved in an auto save file and will be restored on unexpected application failure. |
Capture
All capture preferences are grouped in this tab and are outlined below:
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| Capture Delay (Sec) | This is the delay between selection of a capture operation and the actual capture. Depending on the type of the hardware and graphics card, this delay may need to be increased or decreased. A minimum of 300 ms is required. This delay helps to close the main application application window before screen is captured. | |||||||
| Show Magnifier | This is set to true by default. Magnifier shows the magnified image around the cursor for the pixel perfect selection. Sometimes, it is overlaps with the screen and may not be that useful. It can be disabled by deselecting this flag. | |||||||
| Capture Mouse Pointer | This setting helps to capture cursor as part of the screen capture. If clean screenshots are required without cursor, this can be deselected. | |||||||
| Primary Display for Fullscreen Capture | If there are multiple monitors connected to the system, primary display is set to the working display using Windows display settings. However, sometimes, while working on the main display, fullscreen need to be captured on the secondary display. This setting helps to override Windows primary display setting. While working on the main display, other displays can be capture in full screen. | |||||||
| Auto Clipboard Copy | It is set by default. All images captured in the applications are automatically copied to Clipboard. This can be disabled if there is a performance issues with copying large images to clipboard. | |||||||
| New Image Format | In addition to capturing screens, new image can be created in the application using File→ New Image or using New Image Icon button, | |||||||
| Default Capture Zoom | When a screenshot is captured, selected zoom is set to this value. If the image can completely fit in the display area, 100% zoom is used else Bestfit zoom is selected. | |||||||
| Timed Capture Delay (Sec) | This is the count down counter delay setting. Timer will count down to the specified value of this parameter. By default value is set as 10 seconds. | |||||||
| Continuous Capture |
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