Change Program Preferences

Location: Options menu

In this screen you can set various options that affect how the program behaves while parsing formulas, when using the Formula Finder, and when exiting the program. These options take effect as soon as they are selected, and the options window can be kept open while typing formulas to explore what effect each option has. To cancel any changes made since first opening the options window, press the Cancel button. Otherwise, press the Close button to close the window. The shortcut key for viewing the Program Preferences Window is Ctrl+O

Options include:

• Abbreviation Mode
• Case Recognition Mode
• Standard Deviation Mode

• Advance on Calculate
• Treat Brackets as Parentheses
• Automatically Copy the Current Formula's Molecular Weight after each Calculation
• Compute Charge
• Maximum number of formulas to display

• Formula Finder and Fragmentation Modelling Weight Mode Warning
• Exit Program Options

• Autosave Options, Values, and Formulas on Exit
• Caution Mode
• Show Element Mode Quick Switch
• Show Tooltips
• Highlight Text Fields When Selected
• Module to show at startup
• Hide inactive program windows

• Saving Options as Defaults
• Restoring Default Options

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