  <article id="XACC-PREFERENCES">
    
    <artheader>
      <title>Preferences</title>
    </artheader>
    
    <sect1>
      <title></title>
      <para>You can customize the behavior of GnuCash by changing the
        settings in this dialog box.All settings are automatically
        saved so changes are preserved for future sessions.

      </para>
      <para>To change settings, simply click to select the appropriate
        page, then make appropriate changes, and click the "Apply"
        button to see your changes take effect. Clicking "OK" applies
        changes, then closes the properties dialog box. The
        "Close" button simply closes the dialog box without applying
        the latest changes.

      </para>
      
      <para>The settings are grouped into the following categories:

        <itemizedlist>
          <listitem>
            <para><emphasis>General:</emphasis> anything that doesn't
              fit anywhere else.</para>
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                  <imagedata fileref="image/prefs-general.png">
                </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><emphasis>International:</emphasis> Options relating
              to date and time display formats.</para>
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                  <imagedata fileref="image/prefs-international.png">
                </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><emphasis>Network:</emphasis> Options relating to
              connecting to the network</para>
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                  <imagedata fileref="image/prefs-network.png">
                </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><emphasis>QIF Import:</emphasis> Options relating to
              importing QIF files.</para>
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                  <imagedata fileref="image/prefs-qif-import.png">
                </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><emphasis>Reconcile:</emphasis> Options relating to
              reconciling accounts.</para>
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                  <imagedata fileref="image/prefs-reconcile.png">
                </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><emphasis>Register:</emphasis> Options relating to
              the default appearance of account registers.
            </para>
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                  <imagedata fileref="image/prefs-register.png">
                </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><emphasis>Register Colors:</emphasis> Set the
              colours to be used in the register</para>
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                  <imagedata fileref="image/prefs-register-colors.png">
                </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
          </listitem>
          <listitem>
            <para><emphasis>User Info:</emphasis> Set the user
              info</para>
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                  <imagedata fileref="image/prefs-user-info.png">
                </imageobject></inlinemediaobject></para>
          </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>

      </para>
    </sect1>
  </article>

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