Color Options

Activates the Preferences: Colors dialog box, which allows you to specify the colors of user interface items.

Item list

Lists the display items that can be colorized. The list contains the following items:

Table 5.1: Display Items with Color Settings

Display Item

Description

Default Text

Plain text that has no other style applied.

Window Background

The color of the screen window background.

Printed Default Text

The printed color of plain text.

Printed Window Background

The printed background color.

Change Marks

The color of the change marks that appear in the left margin alongside lines that have been edited, but not saved.

Saved Change Marks

The color of the change marks that appear in the left margin alongside lines that have been edited, after the changes have been saved to disk.

End of File

The color of the area that appears below the end of files.

Application Background

The color of the main application frame window that contains the source file windows.

Use color gradients

If checked, then smooth color gradients are used in some parts of the user interface. If not checked, then solid colors are used.

Color

Click this button to select a new color.

Styles

Edits the style properties.

Reset

Resets the color options to the initial defaults.