General settings

Common settings that affect general operation.

Default style: Set the default font, font color, background color, text alignment, and line spacing for new documents. Use the Color and Font panels to set the style. This style is also applied when using “Apply Default Style”.

Apply default style to imported documents: If turned on, the app invokes “Apply Default Style” ⌘⇧A after importing a document to quickly style it. Imported documents are non-Presentation Prompter formats (like .txt, .rtf., doc., .docx, etc.). Presentation Prompter documents (.ppdocument) are opened as they are saved (this setting does not affect them).

Hold the Option key while importing a document to do the opposite of this setting. This allows you to make individual exceptions without having to toggle the setting.

Name new bookmarks: If turned on, asks you to name a bookmark when adding it. You can leave a bookmark unnamed when adding it even if this option is on.

Prevent margin editing: If turned on, makes it easier to work with content copied from other apps and imported documents that include margin info (usually MS Word and .docx). If you have special margin needs you can turn this off and adjust all margins yourself by using the Ruler in Edit mode.

Second display tracks edits: If turned on, edits made to the document track along on the second display. If turned off, edits do not track along on the second display (which is the same behavior in older versions). This setting only takes effect if the “Use second display” checkbox is turned on in the Preview window.

Marked text color: The color used to highlight text that you've Marked for review or editing while in Prompt mode.

Flash marked text: If on, Marking text in Prompt mode provides visual feedback with a subtle flash. Turn off if you have particular visual needs.

Plain text encoding: Specifies the text encoding used when importing and exporting plain text documents (.txt files). Automatic tries to figure things out, but may not always be correct. If you open a plain text file and see another language or weird characters, this probably needs to be changed to the encoding of the plain text file. Unless you work with plain text files and have problems, you do not need to change this.