Pitney Bowes MapInfo Professional - Manual (Page 94)

2. Select your system preferences for MapInfo Professional.
3. Click OK to close the dialogs and save your settings.
Setting Your Default Units
You can set the default paper and layout units, distance units, and area units as a software preference.
To set your default units:
1. On the Options menu, point to Preferences, and then click System Settings to open the System
Settings Preferences dialog box.
2. In the Units panel, select from the following drop-down lists:
• Paper and Layout Units - Specifies the units when you measure the size of objects in a layout
and the size of paper in the Print dialog boxes. Choose a unit of measurement from the drop-down
list. The default is set to inches. You can choose: inches, picas, points, millimeters, and centimeters.
• Distance Units - Specifies the default distance units you want to use for all subsequently created
maps. Options include: US Survey feet, yards, rods, chains, miles, nautical miles, millimeters,
centimeters, meters, and kilometers.
• Area Units - Specifies the default area units you want to use for all subsequently created maps.
Options include: square inches, square links, square feet, square yards, square rods, perches,
square chains, roods, acres, square miles, square nautical miles, square millimeters, square
centimeters, square meters, hectares, and square kilometers.
3. Click OK to close the dialogs and save your settings.
Setting Your Undo Options
To set your undo options in MapInfo Professional:
1. On the Options menu, point to Preferences and click System Settings to display the System
Settings Preferences dialog box.
2. Number of Undo Objects - Enter the number of objects (0 to 800) that can be undone. For example,
if you specify the number 50, and then you perform a single editing operation that affects more •
than 50 objects, you will not be able to undo the operation. The number of undo objects can also
affect the performance of MapInfo Professional.
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