Setup Menus

Attributes

This dialog box is displayed by selecting Attributes in the Settings menu. It enables you to specify the colours used in the emulation workspace and how text with attributes is displayed.

To change the way a screen element is displayed, select the relevant item from the Screen Element list box, for example, Bold (BD) for characters with the bold attribute. The settings of the other options in the dialog box will change to reflect the settings currently assigned to the screen element, and the Sample Text window will show how the screen element is actually displayed with these settings.

Text with attributes can be displayed in various ways. For example, characters with the underline attribute can be displayed as standard (e.g. underlined only), as a particular colour only (e.g. green without the underline), or with both attribute and a specific colour (e.g. underlined and green). The Attribute options allow you to enable or disable any of the attributes normally associated with the currently selected screen element. Note that the Column Sep (CS) option is only applicable to the IBM 5250 emulation, and the Hidden option is only applicable to the Wyse 60 emulation.

Selecting the Use Italic with Intensity option will italicize any characters that have the intensity (bold) attribute.

Selecting Use Bold Font will cause all characters to be displayed using a bold font.

The setting of the Use Colours option in the Preferences box determines whether or not a specific colour is assigned to the text attribute. When the Use Colours option is selected, the colour of the screen element can be changed by tapping on the required

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