Setting Contribute preferences

You use the Preferences dialog box to set your user preferences for Contribute. You can set preferences for general editing, file editors, firewall settings, invisible elements, and password security.

To edit user preferences:

1. Select Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Contribute > Preferences (Macintosh).

   The Preferences dialog box appears.

   
   
   

2. Select a category from the list on the left:
   • Select Editing to set general editing options, such as how Contribute handles table editing, or to select a spelling dictionary (see Setting editing preferences).
   • Select File Editors to select primary application editors by file type (see Setting file editor preferences).
   • Select FTP Proxy to add or change settings for your FTP proxy server (see Setting FTP proxy preferences).
   • Select Invisible Elements to hide or show invisible elements (see Setting invisible element preferences).
   • (Windows only) Select Microsoft Office Documents to determine how Contribute handles Office documents (see Setting Microsoft Office document preferences (Windows only)).
   • Select Security to set up a Contribute startup password (see Setting security preferences).

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