Xerox Document Workstation with PlotWorks Support & Software User Guide

PlotWorks User Guide • The Job Editor • 4-65

The Preferences dialog box is used to set job-wide preferences and record 
administrative data for the job ticket. 

1.

Open the Setup menu and select Preferences.

2.

Select a tab window by clicking on its tab.

3.

Edit the fields as desired.

4.

Click OK. If you wish to save this particular configuration for later use, select 
Save Configuration from the File menu. The information is saved to your 
configuration file (conf.plp) and used as the default for later job tickets that 
you create.

The Preferences dialog box contains the General, User Information, Finishing 
Options, and Nesting Options tab windows. These are described on the following 
pages.

The General Preferences tabbed dialog box contains the following options:

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Size units: Select the units of measure for use.

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Pens: Select the units of measure for pen values.

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Default number of sets to request: Enter the default number of sets to 
request when you output a job. This number can also be set in the Output Job 
dialog box. 

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Default file paths group box: Options here specify the default directory for 
common functions

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Open jobs: From this drop down list select a default directory to open 
jobs from. Choices available are: 

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from the specified job path; Selecting this option activates the 
Browse button below it. Click this button to browse and select a 
default directory to open jobs from.

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from last path used to open/save jobs; When this option is 
selected, the last directory used to open jobs from or save jobs too is 
opened.

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from the last path used to add files; 

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from the current working directory.