Set SQL Navigator preferences.
| Option | Description | 
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| Style | Select the look and feel of SQL Navigator windows from the following styles: 
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| Tutorial Messages | Select to display tutorial messages automatically for windows. First-time users may find these messages especially helpful. | 
| Hints | Select to show Tool Tips. Tool Tips are labels that pop up when you point to a button or other control. | 
| Font | Select the font to use in SQL Navigator windows. | 
| Date Displayed Format | Select the preferred layout for showing dates. | 
| Time Displayed Format | Select the preferred layout for showing the time. | 
| Display time in DATE fields | Should DATE fields include the time? | 
| Bold Folders in DB Navigator Tree | Select to show folders as bold in the DB Navigator tree. Showing the folders as bold may help clarify the structure of a complex tree. Used by: DB Navigator. | 
| Default Directory | The default directory SQL Navigator points to for Open and Save operations. Used by: File Menu, Toolbars, Code Editor, HTML Viewer. | 
| Background Color | The color of the background area. | 
Related to: Code Editor | SQL Query Results Data Grid, Edit Data, Quick Browse
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| Show Row # | Select to show row numbers in the data grid. | ||||||||
| Display Long columns | Select the display for LONG columns. 
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| Trim column width while pasting | When an object is copied from the Code Editor or one of the Visual Object Editors and pasted to another tool, for example Note Pad... 
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| Display NULL values as (Null) | 
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| Data Grid Font | The font used in the data grid result set. | ||||||||
| Show Row Background Color | Set up an alternate row color in the data grid. | 
| Option | Tool | Description | ||||||
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| Analyze | Analyze Tool | 
 
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| Describe | Describe | |||||||
| Explain Plan | Explain Plan Tool | |||||||
| Object Editors | Visual Object Editors | 
Related To: Output Window.
| Option | Description | 
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| Errors | Show the Output window automatically when errors are sent to it. | 
| Server Output | Show the Output window automatically when server output is sent to it. | 
| Information | Show the Output window automatically when informational text is sent to it. | 
| Option | Description | 
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| Show Splash screen | Select to show the Splash screen when you launch SQL Navigator. | 
| Reopen active windows | Select to show all active windows from the last time SQL Navigator was used. | 
| Show Welcome Screen | Select to show the welcome screen when you launch SQL Navigator. | 
Related To: ER Diagram.
| Option | Description | 
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| Show real index names | Show real index name instead of the one generated by the system. | 
Related To: Task Manager.
| Option | Description | 
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| Auto delete complete&more-than-one-day tasks | Remove completed tasks, and still running tasks that started more than one day ago. | 
Related To: Connection Category Color.
| Option | Description | 
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| Connection Color for Taskbar | When selected the Connection Category Color for the Task Bar is displayed. | 
| Connection Color for Forms | When selected the Connection Category Color for forms is displayed. | 
| Connection Color for Code Editor Tabs | When selected the Connection Category Color for the Code Editor is displayed. |